Question

This composer, who was born and raised in venice, was also an ordained priest as well as a virtuoso violinist. during his career he was engaged to teach music for a girl's orphanage, the hospice of mercy, and wrote many solo concertos for the all-female orchestra.

Answer 1

It was Antonio Vivaldi. He was a well-known Italian composer, virtuoso violonist and teacher. He was born in 1678 in Venice. In 1703-1715 and 1723-1740 worked in the home for abandoned children Ospedale della Pieta being ordained as a Catholic priest. Actually, he created a great number of his compositions specially for the female ensemble there.