Antonio Vivaldi (March 4; 1678 -28 July 1741); the title Oratorio "Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarism"; composed to a libretto by Jacopo Drawers and represented for the first time in Venice Ospedale della Piet? the first performance was attended by General Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg; who was in command of the army of the Holy Roman Empire in the decisive battle of August 18 in Corfu; which saw the defeat of the invading Turks in the island belonging to the allied Republic of Venice . The story of Judith and Holofernes his defeat of the invader; was intended as an allegory of the recent historical events. Print facsimile of the first edition of Bartolomeo Eye; Venice 1716.