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He died, a poor man, in Vienna, on 28 July 1741. He moved to Austria to play for royalty but when the king died, he became poor and had no way to return home. As newer musicians, and more modern styles became popular, he found it more difficult to earn a living. He often went back to Venice to rehearse his music with the girls.Įven though his music was popular, Vivaldi did not make a lot of money from his music.

He went to a number of cities in Europe to have his operas performed including Vienna, Verona, and Prague. While he was travelling, he continued to write music for the girls at the Pietà, over the years he sent them about 140 concertos. He went to Rome in about 1721, where he performed on several occasions for the Pope. He composed his famous "Four Seasons" as well as several operas during this time. In 1718 Vivaldi left Venice and moved to Mantua, where he became the director of music for the governor, Prince Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt. His first oratorio, Juditha Triumphans devicta Holofernis barbaric, was performed by the girls from the Pietà in 1716. The first of his many operas, Ottone in villa, was performed in 1713. Further new publications of his music made him even more famous. This made him famous throughout Europe, and musicians coming to Venice would visit Vivaldi for lessons. In 1711 he wrote a collection of 12 concertos, L'estro armonico op.3, for one, two and four solo violins was published by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam. During his break from teaching between 17 he wrote a large number of works including violin sonatas and concertos. Vivaldi's Winter - Allegro non molto from the "Four Seasons"