Vivaldi's Venice
Vivaldi's Venice

Author: Patrick Barbier

Publisher: Souvenir Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13:

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A detailed evocation of Venice and the city's musical culture that inspired Vivaldi. At the time Venice was, uniquely, a city where all classes mingled in their love of music; aristocrats, gondoliers and the workers met to listen to all types of music. All that is known about Vivaldi's life is included, and all the recent discoveries that have been made about that life (as well as details from Vivaldi's contemporaries). The book captures the hedonistic atmosphere of Venice at the time, already an international tourist destination, and how that was reflected by the mysterious Vivaldi in his baroque music (which is still available in a range of recordings).

The Violinist of Venice
The Violinist of Venice

Author: Alyssa Palombo

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2015-12-15

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1466882638

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Like most 18th century Venetians, Adriana d'Amato adores music—except her strict merchant father has forbidden her to cultivate her gift for the violin. But she refuses to let that stop her from living her dreams and begins sneaking out of her family's palazzo under the cover of night to take violin lessons from virtuoso violinist and composer Antonio Vivaldi. However, what begins as secret lessons swiftly evolves into a passionate, consuming love affair. Adriana's father is intent on seeing her married to a wealthy, prominent member of Venice's patrician class—and a handsome, charming suitor, whom she knows she could love, only complicates matters—but Vivaldi is a priest, making their relationship forbidden in the eyes of the Church and of society. They both know their affair will end upon Adriana's marriage, but she cannot anticipate the events that will force Vivaldi to choose between her and his music. The repercussions of his choice—and of Adriana's own choices—will haunt both of their lives in ways they never imagined. Spanning more than 30 years of Adriana's life, Alyssa Palombo's The Violinist of Venice is a story of passion, music, ambition, and finding the strength to both fall in love and to carry on when it ends.

Vivaldi's Virgins LP
Vivaldi's Virgins LP

Author: Barbara Quick

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2007-07-03

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 0061285269

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In this enthralling new novel, Barbara Quick re-creates eighteenth-century Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. A story of longing and intrigue, half-told truths and toxic lies, Vivaldi's Virgins unfolds through the eyes of Anna Maria dal Violin, one of the elite musicians cloistered in the foundling home where Antonio Vivaldi—known as the Red Priest of Venice—is maestro and composer. Fourteen-year-old Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pietà as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. Her quest takes her beyond the cloister walls into the complex tapestry of Venetian society; from the impoverished alleyways of the Jewish Ghetto to a masked ball in the company of a king; from the passionate communal life of adolescent girls competing for their maestro's favor to the larger-than-life world of music and spectacle that kept the citizens of a dying republic in thrall. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire city is masked and cloaked in the anonymity of Carnival, nothing is as it appears to be. A virtuoso performance in the tradition of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Vivaldi's Virgins is a fascinating glimpse inside the source of Vivaldi's musical legacy, interwoven with the gripping story of a remarkable young woman's coming-of-age in a deliciously evocative time and place.

The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons

Author: Laurel Corona

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2010-02-27

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 1401395376

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In glittering 18th-century Venice, music and love are prized above all else--and for two sisters coming of age, the city's passions blend in intoxicating ways. Chiaretta and Maddalena are as different as night and day. The two sisters were abandoned as babies on the steps of the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice's world-famous foundling hospital and musical academy. High-spirited and rebellious, Chiaretta marries into a great aristocratic Venetian family and eventually becomes one of the most powerful women in Venice. Maddalena becomes a violin virtuoso and Antonio Vivaldi's muse. The Four Seasons is a rich, literary imagination of the world of 18th-century Venice and the lives and loves of two extraordinary women.

The Cellist's Vivaldi
The Cellist's Vivaldi

Author: Nancy Price

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-07-17

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 131230149X

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Review of Antonio Vivaldi music for cello or violoncello--25 complete concertos and 9 sonatas. Also other Vivaldi music for strings.

Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi

Author: Karl Heller (Dr. phil.)

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1574670158

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Chronicles the life of the seventeenth-century composer and discusses his major works, including "The Four Seasons"

I, Vivaldi
I, Vivaldi

Author: Janice Shefelman

Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers

Published: 2008-01-14

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0802853188

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A picture book biography, told as if by Vivaldi himself, shows the famous musician's energetic personality and steadfast dedication to music.

Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi

Author: Karl Heller

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2003-03-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1458412857

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Antonio Vivaldi's rediscovery after World War II quickly led him from obscurity to his present renown as one of the most popular 18th-century composers. Heller's biography presents the important facets of his life, his works, and his influence on music history.

Isabella's Libretto
Isabella's Libretto

Author: Kimberly Cross Teter

Publisher:

Published: 2014-08

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780982062920

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"Abandoned as a baby at the Ospedale della Pietà, Isabella dal Cello has spent her entire life wondering why her mother deserted her. Now she is an ambitious teen who has worked hard to earn a place playing her cello in the orphanage's prestigious orchestra."--Page 4 of cover.

Hidden Voices
Hidden Voices

Author: Pat Lowery Collins

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0763656178

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While studying under Vivaldi, three girls in a Venice orphanage forge their own notions of love in a sensuous, engrossing novel told in three narrative voices. It is a longing and search for love that motivates three girls living in the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage renowned for its extraordinary musical program. But for Rosalba, Anetta, and Luisa, the love they seek is not where they expect to find it. Set in the early 1700s in the heart of Venice, this remarkable novel deftly weaves the history of Antonio Vivaldi’s early musical career into the lives of three young women who excel in voice and instrument. Under the composer’s tutelage and care, the orphans find expression, sustenance, and passion. But can the sheltered life of the orphanage prepare them for the unthinkable dangers outside its walls?