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Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi.
From 1718 to 1720, Antonio Vivaldi served as the director of secular music in Mantua for the city's governor, Prince Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt. This position was notable as the only full-time post Vivaldi held during his career, as he generally preferred the flexibility of working as a freelance composer. While in Mantua, his primary musical output consisted of operas, though he also composed instrumental works and cantatas.1