OMG he looks like a fricken girl. WHy do old dead people always look like girls!!!!!!!!

I think he is rather handsome, quite androgynous. He could be Sappho since he is playing an instrument that probably derived from the lyre.

that instrument that looks like a lyre is called a violin..not an acurate picture anyway. Vivaldi had red hair hence the nickname "il pret rosso"

ya he was a priest had red hair and wore a wig.....so
i only know about him because of a stupid project. and his father was a barber before he became a violinist.
vivladi lived in italy and moved to vieanna because of financial problems

After reading some of the above comments I feel as if my IQ has plummeted 50 points. Vivaldi was a musical genius - regardless of how he looks to the simple-minded proles who have been posting to this thread. Here's an idea - open up your minds to something other than what you get spoon fed on MTV and maybe you'll get a little more enjoyment out of life.

Well after reading most of these comments i feel as if i am a genius. Vivaldi wrote some of the most amazing peices of musicand all you care about is what he looked like. Well maybe if you have heard the four seasons music spacifically the summer one I think all of you should be fammiliar with vivaldi. If you dont know the name of it go to youtube and type in vivaldi's four seasons (summer). Most of you should have heard of it before. If you listen to it you will probably be exciteded to reserch about him and find some cool stuff. Just like I was. So get off the tv and go out there and learn about classical music......It is the best music of all!!!

Vivaldi was just a wonderful composer and his hair was fantastic. Also, the person above me should L2Spell

Although Vivaldi's more well know pieces include Il quattro stagioni(4 seasons) and his gloria, Vivaldi composed over 500 concertos(230 for the violin alone) and over 50 operas...he was regarded as a mediocre composer, but a brilliant violinist. Most of these concertos were just five finger exercises for his students. his nickname was actually "Il prete rosso" not pretto or pret. his influence on music is massive with the developement of the regular retornello form and his three movement plan. his importance lies above all else in his concertos for their boldness and originality. Vivladi can legitimately be regarded as a most important precursor of sammartinin and the bach sons in the evolution of the classical symphony. equally he can be seen as the harbinger of musical romanticism, not just on the accounts of the pictorialism of certain progmmatic concertos, but in more general terms because of the higher value he put on expression rather than oon perfection of detail.

I like his music, I like his wig. My friend has red hair, maybe they're related! :-) Sorry about bad speling. I think I'm failing school.

Hi! I'm in the 8th grade and I'm doing a project on Vivaldi. He is actually really interesting, is there anyone out there who could help me out with some facts about Vivaldi?

Do you go to St. Mary? I do! cool! wait. who are you?

That message was condescending and rude the comments on his wig and hair were relevant and did express some information pertaining to the subject whereas the post titled "Wow" only stated that Vivaldi was a "musical genius". To the author of "Wow", please get off your high horse and go fuck yourself

wow you guys are all really serious about this stuff oh and to the person who wrote he wheres a wig IT WAS A COSTOM TO WHERE THAT KIND OF STUFF BACK THEN YOU KNOW!!!!!!>:( srry moodswing there:)

*Vivaldi Facts*
Hair:Red
NickName:Red Haired Priest,Il Pretto Rosso
Instrument:Violins and Cellos
Songs(Most known):The Four Seasons (1725),
Record:Kicked out of church for running out while giving a sermon to wright down Music.
* Also You Might Want To Know*
*Vivaldi composed over 500 concertos(230 for the violin alone) and over 50 operas.
*Grew up in Venensuala Italy
*Vivaldi received his early training from his dad
*Born: March 4 1678 And Died at the age of 63 on July 28 1741
*He wore a wig that was quite a common thing for most composers at that time

use me wisley :)

I love Vivaldi! I think he is cool. All my music teachers think he's cool. I love listening to the songs he wrote. I say to myself " Wow he is sweet!!!" I wish I was that talented. I play the violin and the piano. Also I love to sing! I am doing a reserch project on him in my school right now. Gotta go. Bye

I think that Vivaldi rocks! We are playing his "Four Seasons" for our concert. I like the summer one the best.

woah man, you guys are a bit too serious. although antonio vivaldi is from the early era of music doesnt mean he has horrible music. i enjoy doing research on him for my school project and i think he is amazing. you guys that think he is horrible and looks like a girl need to grow up and actually learn about him before you start saying stuff like that.

I think he is cool and i am doing a school project on him too and he is very facinating. I think the songs he wrote are great !

Dear All,

To be able to make your voice or oppinion heard, please listen to real silence for a while. It will clear your ears from al the noise in your heads, make some space for sound. Then see if you like or do not like what you hear and please enjoy.
Alone in car is an excellent place to listen to classical music if you are not used to it yet, you might be in for a surprise..

Dude, I'm also doing a school project on him!
I love his music, the fact that he includes a theme that is recognisable in his works is awesome, it gives them a modern touch.

You know, some people just don't appreactiate music like they should. It's a huge part of MY life, and I even want to be a music teacher when I grow up. (yes, im only 11, so what?) Vivaldi is a great composer, and right now im trying to get all the sheet music of the four seasons for my flute. I have them all except summer, oddly enough. But i love and adore music, its just my way to escape the world around me, and it kinda ticks me off when people say "omg, like, this music is like, so totally boring, like no ones even singing, omg" I think that music is important in my life, and it should be in others' too.

Hey! I am a 6th grader and am doing a project on Antonio Vivaldi! Is there anybody out there that can help me?

If you become aware of your Astro sign you will discover why you are attracted to specific music, singers, and composers.Vivaldi like Dubussy and Handel were born under a water signs, also Alexander Borodin. Be it writers, music, literature, et.al., we assimilate these entities and become who we are and gravitate towards things that become part of our selves. If you study bio-rhythms you will discover 4 beats to a measure corresponds to a resting heartbeat. Maybe thats why I fell in love with with Mozart at the age of 7. Cheers.

What are you talking about? How could you fall in love with Mozart? I mean Mozart was and still is a good musician but Vivaldi is a true musical genius!!! That is why so many pople look up to him! And i'm not saying that everyone has to love Vivaldi but if you don't like him and say he looks like a girl even though he might look a little like a girl, that doesn't mean that you have to make fun of him! People wore wiggs back then cause that was the style and as you can see things have changed since then. So next time think before you say something really dumb and stupid!!!

Hey, I'm in grade 9, and even though I don't like all classical music, Vivaldi's stuff isn't bad. I am a huge John Williams fan (he composed music for Star Wars, Indianna Jones, E.T., Jaws, Harry Potter...). Now even though Vivaldi is not my favourite composer, and he is a little creepy with the whole working at an all-girls school, it is important to not just trash him since there are some people here, as we can see, who really look up to him.

And to the loser who wrote the RE: Wow, it is possible to get your point across without swearing. And really, this is a public website and young people read it, expecting to get information about a composer.

-by the person who wrote the 'reaction' above as well

Because you're supposed to use this for an opinion i will. I'm a violinist have been so since i was 4, i plan to play classical music for a career and eventually join the berlin philharmonic orchestra, aside from that i play symphonic and alternative metal i play the drums and guitar i write music for both classical,k Rock, Metal, Orchestra's and etc.. I have to say you can like both Mainstream music and Classical and jazz and whatever, however, if you only take what you're given by radio's and itunes, you'll never live up to what music actually is and besides without classical music, we would never have ever even invented popular music! I also Tak latin dancing classes with my girlfriend as you can see i am very various and flexible, but thats just how you really enjoy it!

I've also loved Vivaldi's music since I was 4. And learning more about him as a person has made me love and appreciate his music even more. A really good new book about him for teens and preteens is "The Red Priest's Annina." You guys should check it out.

I remember when opinions were valued and cherished. Now it takes me several hours to type out a reply to vulgar and inane comments made by todays youth. I pity you, for you obviously can not understand genius when you see it- it's not your fault, you can not help it.

I feel as if I have become almost as rude as those above me, and for that I apologise.

Vivaldi would have- as to take some of todays youths words- pwned u n00bs!

vivaldi's music is really good. my nan loves his work, she listens to it all the time. i think he is really good too.

his Gloria features a bunch of female solos written especially for his proteges at the Ospedale.

also, d.y.k. that Vivaldi wasn't rediscovered until the early 1800s?

I went to a performance where they played the Gloria it was pretty good. I'm not a fan of the organ or choir really but the strings were good and it was pretty interesting.

I'm a music historian and writer who's been researching Vivaldi for the past 10 years. Vivaldi WAS handsome, in a somewhat androgynous way, as pointed out another commentator, and got along well with girls and women. However he was a devout priest and adhered to his vows of celibacy. He did not normally wear a wig, except on very formal occasions, such as for the portrait seen above, which was probably painted around the time of his ordination into the priesthood, at age 25.

i like his composition of Four Seasons. its really nice

He only looks like a girls because he is wearing a wig.!!!!!1

Vivaldi looks like a girl when wearing a wig. So what? Vivaldi was a musical genius. Like anyone is better than him at playing violin (i.d.k. if there is or not). Vivaldi was and still is, a genius, and that's a fact. Even though he is dead, his compositions, his operas, and other works of music are listened to by many. He is a work of legend.

he may look like a girl with the wig on, but you have to remember that was the style. Most men looked like women with the wigs. The big deal is his music and he was the best. His musical genuis brought new ways of thinking, it helped people feel, and most of all it was a way to express himself. It was his outlet his legacy. Antonoi Vivaldi was one of the best musical genuises this world will ever know.

i read some of the comments.it seems people like to see the red wig and comment on it!ithink he is not as strong and complicated as beethoven,but his works are full of life,love,passion,hope....you will love life after hearing them.

Most of people in this forum are very jealous. I do not know much about music but it is hard to compose a piece. However I have ability to recognize one performance

I'm sure if someone took a picture of you and people a few hundred years from now saw it they would say the same about you. Back then, with the wigs, it was the bigger the better, more powerful, and supreme.

Vivaldi was an absolute genius! I don't care what he looked like, it's his music that makes him attractive!
I've been learning the violin since I was 4 and Vivaldi has always been one of my favourite composers, I don't care what my heavy metal loveing highschool friends think.
Absolutely adore his concerto for four violins!
As a 16 year old composer that struggles to come up with anything that sounds decent, I have to admire composers like Vivaldi.
I believe I am starting to ramble now.

the more I listen to his masterpieces,the more I love this god.

Hey I am doing a project on Vivaldi and i need some information can any of you help me out??