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

Two inmates were granted leave to see the concert featuring 14 prison-made stringed instruments playing a program that included works by Bach and Vivaldi.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

In an email to The Times, Metro said the music is a royalty-free playlist it compiled of piano sonatas, symphony orchestra pieces and concertos, including some by Vivaldi, Beethoven and Mozart.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Incredibly, the popularity Vivaldi enjoyed during his middle age did not last.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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