Two violas in another of his works represent (*) barking dogs, and that set includes sections on singing cuckoos and a sleepy shepherd.
This composer collected a set of concertos dedicated to Vettor Delfino in his La Stravaganza. The Assyrian king Nebuchadnezzar sends Holofernes to seize the town of Bethulia in his only-surviving oratorio, Juditha triumphans. He wrote several compositions for the Ospedale della Pietà. Two violas in another of his works represent (*) barking dogs, and that set includes sections on singing cuckoos and a sleepy shepherd. Nicknamed "The Red Priest," this composer wrote The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, which includes "Spring" and "Winter" concertos. For ten points, name this Italian Baroque composer of The Four Seasons.
This composer collected a set of concertos dedicated to Vettor Delfino in his La Stravaganza.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi