Because of his red hair, famous Venetian Baroque composer and priest Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was nicknamed The Red Priest (il Prete Rosso).
Although he managed successfully to balance his occupations, as a priest and as a musician, on one occasion Vivaldi found himself before the ecclesiastical court.
Why?
Because he felt a sudden wave of inspiration while holding a Mass, and he interrupted it and went to take a paper and a pen. At the dismay of other priests and believers who came to attend mass, he had to immediately write down his musical thoughts.
