Habby Birthday, Antonio!!
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Re: Habby Birthday, Antonio!!
Whoops! great typist, I am not!
Jim
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Re: Habby Birthday, Antonio!!
'Sokay. You cannot imagine how many times I stared, puzzled, at "bandolim" before I discovered it was a different instrument, spelled correctly - B, N, M being located so close together on the keyboard.
The silver lining - this thread is SO easy to find via search.
Anyway, mille grazie Signore Vivaldi for the mandolin concerti - and plenty else besides. It does seem he took time to write a concerto for nearly every instrument in the baroque orchestra. Really very nice of him. Practical, too, I suppose - one way to boost sheet music sales.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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Re: Habby Birthday, Antonio!!
I noticed the Google search page with those violins... Why do i remember that A. Vivaldi's birthday was actually unknown?! Anybody else has the same memories or is it just me?
Re: Habby Birthday, Antonio!!
Jim's source is wikipedia, not 100% reliable (though usually not far off), so if you wish to remain skeptical, you are entitled.
That said, a quick google turns up a lot of references citing this date.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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Re: Habby Birthday, Antonio!!
I just checked the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and it gives Vivaldi's b-day as March 4, 1678. So celebrate away!Originally Posted by journeybear
Jim's source is wikipedia, not 100% reliable (though usually not far off), so if you wish to remain skeptical, you are entitled.
That said, a quick google turns up a lot of references citing this date.
Barry
Re: Habby Birthday, Antonio!!
Woo-hoo........party on......
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he doesn't look a day over 230!
Re: Habby Birthday, Antonio!!
OK, it now seems that there is no doubt about his birthday. But it wasn't always so. I checked my old Vivaldi records and on some of them (or even on most of them) it stays (1678? - 1741). I guess the question mark means that it was not 100% clear that he was actually born in 1678.
May be if you check out your old Vivaldi records - LPs, audio casettes, etc. you will also notice a question mark behind the year 1678.
I made also a google search and i found some information that he was born between 1675 and 1678. May be there are recent findings proving that he was born on 4 March 1678. Anyway it doesn't really matter. But my memory serves me well. :-)
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Plamen
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