Venetian composer and violinist.
He composed a vast repertoire of music for violin (The Four Seasons and other instruments, orchestral pieces and choral works (Gloria.
He was admired by his contemporary J.S.Bach, who arranged some of his works, was ignored in the nineteenth century (largely because his manuscripts were kept secret and only came to universal popularity in the second half of the twentieth.
Known as the Red Priest because of his hair, he did not, though, seriously exercise his priesthood.
For many years he taught a famous music school for girls in Venice but had posts in Germany as well. He died impoverished in Vienna.
