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Find information and write a short report for the school e-newspaper about a famous composer. You can write about George Frederick Handel, Antonio Vival-di, Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach, or such famous Ukrainian composers as Mykola Lysenko, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Levko Revutskyi, Borys Laytoshynskyi, Myroslav Skoryk, Valentyn Silvestrov, Yevhen Stankovych and Volodymyr Ronchak. Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi is the greatest representative of Italian violin art who created new dramatized, so called Lombardian mode of playing. He was born on the 4lh of March, 1678 in Venice. He was taught to play the violin by his father and later on to compose by J. Legrentsi. Since 1714 he directed the Venetian orchestra and conservatoire choir. He created the genre of a solo instrumental concert, influenced the development of violin virtuoso technique. He was an expert in ensemble orchestra concert — concerto grosso. Vivaldi cheated nearly 40 operas. He also composed cantatas, symphonies, more than 460 concerti, including' the cycle of 4 violin concerti «The 4 seasons», the early example of symphonic music. He died in 1741 in Vienne. Joseph Haydn Joseph Haydn is one of the creators of the fundamental genres of classical music. Ludwig van Beethoven was his most famous pupil. Joseph Haydn » was born on March 31, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria. At the age of 8 he started singing in the choir at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna where he learnt playing the violin and the piano. In 1761 he became a court musician of Prince Pal Antal Esterhazy in his castle at Estenstadt. His famous works are «Paris symphonies» (1785-1786) and thé original orchestral version of «The Seven Last Words of Christ» (1786). In 1795 he returned to Vienna. He died there at the age of 77.