Early in his career, he wrote a large body of concertos for varying instruments  including bassoon, oboe, recorder, and mandolin. These were written during his  many years at the Ospedale della Pieta, a Venetian orphanage whe
Early in his career, he wrote a large body of concertos for varying instruments  including bassoon, oboe, recorder, and mandolin. These were written during his  many years at the Ospedale della Pieta, a Venetian orphanage where he was violin  master. Later he served as Maestro di Cappella in Mantua, where the countryside  inspired his most famous work. FTP name this man known as the Red Priest, the  composer of The Four Seasons.
Early in his career, he wrote a large body of concertos for varying instruments  including bassoon, oboe, recorder, and mandolin.