Vivaldi: Red Priest of Venice
- ISBN-10
- 0745953530
- ISBN-13
- 9780745953533
- Series
- Vivaldi
- Category
- Composers
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lion Books
- Author
- Susan Adams
Description
"In this new biography Susan Adams guides us through the life and works of one of the world's most celebrated but long-neglected Baroque composers, Antonio Vivaldi."--Cover flap.
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