Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice on March 4th, 1678 to Giovanni Vattista Vivaldi and his wife Camilla Calicchio. Giovanni Vivaldi was originally a barber but like his son, was strongly in love with the violin and began teaching violin at a school as a part of the St. Mark Basilica orchestra. Antonio was the first born of nine children, he was very sickly and feeble as an infant that he was baptized immediately because the …showed first 75 words of 1643 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1643 total…people's musical taste's moved away from baroque and more towards the classical period, Vivaldi's music was soon forgotten. His name was barely mentioned for two hundred years. In the mid 19th century, researchers working on a new Bach edition discovered a manuscript in which was written, "XII Concerti di Vivaldi" Since then Antonio Vivaldi has only gained in popularity and interest and is regarded as one of the "inspirational and prime composers of all time".