Vivaldi

American

[vi-vahl-dee, vee-vahl-dee] / vɪˈvɑl di, viˈvɑl di /

noun

Antonio 1678–1741, Italian violinist and composer.

Vivaldi British

/ vɪˈvældɪ /

noun

Antonio (anˈtɔːnjo). ?1675–1741, Italian composer and violinist, noted esp for his development of the solo concerto. His best-known work is The Four Seasons (1725)

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Additional Vivaldi arias and ensembles are deftly interpolated among the scrambled “Seasons” movements, their words a combination of Ms. Ruhl’s new English texts and the original Italian and Latin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Notably, the antennas used are Vivaldi antennas, which can be implemented directly on-chip and have a suitable shape and emission profile for high frequencies.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

Divorced from the ballet, you can hear echoes of Vivaldi, Monteverdi, American minimalism and film composers like Bernard Herrmann, while Daft Punk's wit and warmth percolates beneath the surface.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

I’ve heard a small string orchestra play Vivaldi in the magical light of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and I’ve flown solo to Los Angeles just to hear Bon Jovi in a big arena.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Its first prelude is now very well known - and incidentally made up entirely of a chord sequence, no melody, exactly as Bach’s hero Vivaldi might have done.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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