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Antonio Vivaldi in full Antonio Lucio Vivaldi nicknamed il Prete Rosso (The Red Priest), was a Italian composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist.
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    Kara Rogers is the senior editor of biomedical sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, where she oversees a range of content from medicine and genetics to microorganisms. She joined Britannica in 2006 and has been a member of the National Association of Science Writers since 2009.

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