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Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and Catholic priest.Born in Venice, Vivaldi revolutionized Baroque music through instrumental concertos. He composed over 500 concertos, 46 operas, and sacred choral works while teaching at Venice's Ospedale della Pietà orphanage. His iconic violin cycle 'The Four Seasons' pioneered programmatic music, though he died impoverished in Vienna....