Antonio Vivaldi
Subtitle: The Red Priest of Venice
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Published: March 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781574670158
Subjects: Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750); Biography: film, television & music; Composers & musicians; Music Of The 18th Century; Composers & Musicians - General; Theater - General; Music; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Italy; History & Criticism - General; Composers & Musicians - Classical Composers; Songbooks - General; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Vivaldi, Antonio; Vivaldi, Antonio,; 1678-1741; Biography; Composers; Italian composers
Description: Karl Heller's biography of Antonio Vivaldi, originally published in Germany in 1991 in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, presents the most important facets of Vivaldi's life, of his works, and of his influence on music history. This new English translation incorporates recent Vivaldi research by the author and others, providing new factual material and fresh insights, including the latest painstaking efforts at dating Vivaldi's compositions.

Written for musicians and music students as well as for the many other lovers of Vivaldi's music, the book also offers musicologists little-known material, new information, and new perspectives on the composer.