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... Mark’s Cathedral, introduced him into the world of music. ... In the same year, he was appointed music teacher at Ospedale della Pieta, a Venetian Orphanage for girls where most of his work was composed principally for the school. When his colleague Francesco Gasparini, the chapel’s organist and choirmaster, took sick leave in 1713, Vivaldi stepped in and over the next six years wrote much of his sacred music. ... This division of text into smaller units of meaning and their musical representation by vocal and instrumental means were essential characteristics of Vivaldi’s church music. ...
The third and final piece was Gloria, RV 589, directed by Simon Preston and the Academy of Ancient Music. ... ” The rhythm was exciting and propelled the music forward with vigor. ...
Since the time of Vivaldi, listeners of his music have disagreed about calling RV 589 “the Vivaldi Gloria,” since two settings survived: the well-known setting (RV 589) and the equally fine but much less frequently performed setting (RV 588) in the same key (D major). ... With his penchant for exaggeration, eccentricity and the ability to work complex feelings into his music, Gloria was full of energy with the underlying theme of praising God to a higher degree.
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Title: music
Words: 1697
Rating: None
Pages: 6.8
submitted by: ivygrl672
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