~ for Lois, my mother;
~ for my children Glenn, Rebecca Monica and Adrian, and
my grandchildren Theodora, Henry, Ben and Claudia
and for my husband, Doug
~ for “The Triumvirate” – Evelyn Dunsmore, Andrew Ruhl
and Sheila McLaren – my steadfast and supportive companions
~ with special thanks to Theodora for the cover ~
And for my readers, “just the facts”:
Antonio Vivaldi was one of the most prolific and significant composers of all time.
References to Vivaldi are found in Bach’s interpretations of Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico. However it was not until the nineteenth-century discoveries of his works in Dresden and twentieth-century discoveries in Piedmont that Vivaldi was wakened from his deep sleep. There are still great gaps in his biography. In terms of the period of his life descr
