The same year, he was appointed as maestro di violino by the Ospedale della Pieta, a charitable religious foundation dedicated to the education and upbringing of female orphans. Afterwards, Vivaldi gave up any pretense of being a man of the cloth and instead concentrated on his musical career. He studied to be a priest, and was ordained in 1703. Mark's, and there are indications that the young Antonio received his early musical schooling from within the family. Vivaldi’s most famous work, The Four Seasons This is ironic, considering this great Baroque composer's close association in the public's mind to everything Venetian – an association only rivaled by Canaletto.
For such an outstanding composer, relatively little is known about Vivaldi's life beyond the fact that he was born and raised in Venice.
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