Ospedale della Pietà
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The Ospedale della Pietà was a convent, orphanage, and music school in Venice. Like other Venetian ospedali, the Pietà was first established as a hospice for the needy. A group of Venetian nuns, calle
Ospedale della Pietà
Gala Concert in Old Procuratory for Czar's Daughter-in-Law (1780) by Guardi.
Antonio Vivaldi
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widesp
Ospedale della Pietà
…musical ensembles that attracted tourists and patrons from around Europe. Its fame is largely connected to its resident composer and violin teacher Antonio Vivaldi, who was also a Catholic priest. Infants could be left at the Pietà via the scaffetta, a window only large enough to admit infants. Not all infants…
Probable portrait of Vivaldi, c. 1723
The church where Vivaldi was given the supplemental baptismal rites, San Giovanni in Bragora, Sestiere di Castello, Venice
Commemorative plaque beside the Ospedale della Pietà
First edition of Juditha triumphans