Round 3: Tossup 17

A satire published under a partial anagram of this composer’s name teaches people like poets, composers, singers, and female singers’ mothers how to create modern opera. This composer’s name was fraudulently attached to a collection of musette sonatas by Nicolas Chédeville titled The Faithful Shepherd. This composer’s opus 3 concerti were transcribed for keyboard by a court composer in Weimar. In 1939, (-5[1])interest in this composer’s music was (*) revived (-5[1])by Alfredo Casella’s “Week” in his honor. In 2012, Daniel Hope premiered a minimalist “recomposition” of one of this composer’s works by Max Richter. This composer taught violin and mandolin at the Ospedale della (10[1])Pietà, an orphanage (10[1])for whose choir he wrote his (10[1])D major Gloria. For 10 points, name this Venetian “Red Priest” who wrote The Four Seasons. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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