Antonio Vivaldi refused to compose anything.
Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Piet , a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi -LRB- who had been ordained as a Catholic priest -RRB- was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740 .	Ospedale della Piet	Ospedale della Piet	Catholic priest	Priesthood (Catholic Church)
