

Some of Vivaldi’s compositions were quite controversial at the time.He also provided handwritten instructions throughout the piece, including ‘The barking dog’ in Spring, ‘Languor caused by the heat’ in Summer and ‘the drunkards have fallen asleep’ in Autumn. No one is sure exactly who wrote the poetry, but it could have been Vivaldi himself.

Vivaldi hand-wrote poetry on the manuscript of his well-known work The Four Seasons.Although it is difficult to tell from the lack of colour photography and the fact that he often wore a powdered wig, he was in fact a natural red-head. An earthquake shook Venice the day Vivaldi was born, March 4, 1687, so he literally came into the world with a bang!.
