by Peter Schneider · btb Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442771745
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«Vivaldi und seine Töchter» is the biographical novel by Peter Schneider, published by btb Taschenbuch in paperback (286 pages, in German).
Set in baroque Venice, the novel follows Antonio Vivaldi at the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage where he formed a female orchestra with the young wards, for whom he composed much of his famous concertos. Schneider portrays the composer's conflicts with the Church and the mark those girls left on his music.
Published in 2022, it bears the subtitle 'Roman' ('novel' in German). The title, 'Vivaldi und seine Töchter', translates as 'Vivaldi and His Daughters'.
For readers of historical and biographical fiction, especially those interested in baroque music, the figure of Antonio Vivaldi, or 18th-century Venice.
Peter Schneider was a German writer.
