First established in 1346 by a Franciscan Friar, the Ospedale della Pietà was lead by wealthy governors and forty board members with the goal of properly raising abandoned children in Venice during the Baroque period (Edwards, 2010; Selfridge-Field, 1986). ... Its inclusion of upper-class students also greatly contributed to breaking the class barrier of Venetian society, Venice was a paradise for music lovers where the number of concerts held during the Baroque period was beyond compare (Heller, 1997). ... Since the mid-seventeenth century, Venice was known as "a city of amusement and of...

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In 1706 he was elected to the Arcadian Academy, along with Pasquini and Corelli, and in the following year, he presented two operas in Venice: Il trionfo della liberta, and our featured work, Il Mitridate Eupatore. Venice, being the citadel of Italian opera, did not enjoy these operas, and both were deemed as failures. After failing in Venice, he was forced to return back to Rome, where he became the senior post of S Maria Maggiore. ... Laodice is ecstatic about the false nature of his brother's impending death, and they both gather a large group and continue on to the kingdom. ... Queen...

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The Baroque Era which started just before the year 1600 and stretched until Johann Sebastian Bach's death in 1750, was a time of tumultuous change in politics, science and the arts. ... Vivaldi Venice wrote Four Seasons in 1725 which consisted of 4 concertos of 3 movements a piece. ...

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Music from the Renaissance and Baroque period in many ways reflect the mentality and setting of their times, each birthed upon the evolution and changes of profound ideas that became signature motifs of their place in history. From politics and economics to religion/patronage and technology like the...

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