September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
This era produced composers that everyone knows. Vivaldi. Telemann. Handel. Bach. Rock stars of the genre.
Vivaldi was one of the first composers to support himself as a freelancer without being associated with a court. Prolific beyond words (he wrote 550 concerti!), Vivaldi created massive volumes of trio sonatas and violin works, and established the fast-slow-fast pattern that we still cling to today. (See page 240.)

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