HHS Music History Class - Fall 2010

Giulio Caccini

Period: Jan 1, 1551 to Dec 31, 1618

Birth and death

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Period: May 1, 1562 to Oct 16, 1621

B: Denventer, Netherlands
D: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sweelinck Oude Kerk

Jan 1, 1577

Oude Kerk at Old Church in Amsterdam

Dafne (Opera) written by Peri

Jan 1, 1597

Baroque Period

Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Dec 31, 1750

Pier Francesco Cavalli

Period: Feb 14, 1602 to Jan 17, 1676

Born in Crema, Italy
Died in Venice
Considered 2nd most important Venitian composer after Monteverdi.

Gicomom Carissimi

Period: Jan 1, 1605 to Jan 12, 1674

B: Marino, Italy
D: Rome, Italy

Johann Pachelbel

Period: Aug 1, 1653 to Apr 1, 1706

Pachelbel becomes Organist at Thuringen

Nov 19, 1677

Antonio Vivaldi

Period: Jan 1, 1678 to Dec 31, 1741

Born in Venice Italy
Died in Austria

Georg Philiipp Telemann

Period: Mar 14, 1681 to Jun 25, 1767

Born in Magdeburg, Germany
Died in Hamburg

G. F. Handel

Period: Feb 23, 1685 to Apr 14, 1759

B: Halle, Germany
D: London, England

Domenico Scarlatti

Period: Oct 26, 1685 to Jul 23, 1757

B: Naples, Italy
D: Madrid, Spain

Vivaldi Starts at Ospedale della Pieta

Jan 1, 1703

Started working as a violin teacher at the girls orphanage and wrote compositions for the girls to perform and practice.

Scarlatti Maestro di Cappella

Nov 19, 1714

Maestro di Cappella to the Portuguese Ambassador

Telemann in Hamburg

Jan 1, 1721

Accepted position of Kantor of Hamburg Johaneum.
Was the muscial director of the 5 major churches in Hamburg.