The D Major Guitar Concerto RV 93 was originally written for two violins, lute, and basso continuo and was dedicated to Bohemian Count Johann Joseph von Wrtby. Though his later activities as a composer and impresario occasioned much travel, Vivaldi retained his association with the Pietà throughout his life and many of his instrumental works were composed for his students there. Vivaldi trained for the priesthood, taking his Holy Orders in 1703, the same year he became maestro di violino at the Pio Ospedale Pietà, an orphanage and renowned conservatory for girls in Venice.
His own instrument was the violin, which he had studied with his father, a violinist at the Basilica San Marco in Venice. Though he composed numerous operas, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi ( 1678-1741) is best known for his close to 500 concertos.
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