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One of the founders of Opera and first to publish figured bass.
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An early Baroque Italian composer noted for instruments in sacred music
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An early Baroque founder of opera. Holds the honor of the first opera Dafne. He also gave contributes to monody and recitative.
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A famous lutenist and a leading composer of lute music.
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An English playwright and poet. His text is a major influence on composers even today.
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The most important composer of early Baroque as wekk as one of the inventors of seconda practica (second practice)
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A group of people that met to discuss the arts. The members include Caccini, Peri, Girolamo Mei, and Vincenzo Galilei.
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An English composer for the Anglican church and a leading composer for 17th-century England.
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The first modern keyboard virtuoso and composer. One of the most influential keyboard composers for early baroque. The 1st European composer to focus on instrumental music.
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The most important German composer in Middle Baroque. He composed the 1st german opera which is lost to time.
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Saw the birth of functional tonality with the beginning of the Maj/Min system. Basso continuo created a harmonic foundation in compositions giving birth to homophony extraordinary. Florance also saw the birth of opera which popularised monody and recitative. The effects of religious music are more potent even though there was less of it.
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A leading composer of Roman cantatas and oratorios. Also a teacher of Charpentier.
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Virtuoso singer and most prolific composer for cantatas in the 17th century.
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Made for pilgrims
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An Italian composer and organist. One of the most influential composers of middle baroque.
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Group of Massachusetts colonists led by John Winthrop establish the colony of Boston.
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The establisher of french opera and ballet. A very popular middle baroque composer who is Italian by birth but French by trade.
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A german organist and composer in the middle baroque composer. The composer holds the title of the most important middle baroque organist composer.
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A french middle baroque composer who is most known for french opera.
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Teacher of Purcell and a composer of odes. He is English born and most prominent in middle baroque.
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Instrumental genres such as Fuges, chaconnes, and passacaglias using counterpoint. These genres also lead to the birth of concerto sonata and trio. Italian opera made its way across Europe except for France who preferred ballet. The few operas they have include ballet sections. Secular music takes the lead and runs full force with middle baroque influence.
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The most important Italian composer of sonatas and concertos as well as the most influential violinist of the Baroque period. Most proficient in middle baroque.
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A german composer and organist and a leading composer of his time. Known mostly for his work in middle baroque.
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Contributed the most development to the concerto around 1700. Wrote mainly for trumpet and strings. Known mostly for his work in middle baroque.
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The most important English composer in the 17th century. Known mostly for his work in middle baroque.
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An important late baroque Italian composer who is most known for teaching composers of the future.
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English take the city of New Amsterdam and rename it, New York.
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One of the most important French composers for late Baroque.
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An Italian composer who laid the foundation for late baroque instrumental music. Besides that, he made great strives in orchestral music.
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The most prolific German composer of his day. He was more popular than Bach during the baroque period. He contributed significantly to concert life in Germany.
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A French composer and theorist knew for his theory.
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Considered to be the master of the baroque era (late baroque). Also known as a master of counterpoint. With these, he became an icon for future generations and known as one of the most famous composers of all time.
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A German musician who lived in England. The inventor of the English oratorio.
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A keyboard composer(late baroque) and virtuoso. Served for Portuguese and Spanish royal families.
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German composer and flutist who taught Fredrick the Great in Berlin.
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French Settlers move to Mississippi and Louisiana.
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A war between Russia and Sweeden.
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Instrumental music is some of the most important music around now. Opera, which is also another big contender creates opera seria which becomes the go-to source of entertainment. Functional harmony gains the 7th chords into their ranks expanding what people can do in their music.
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England and Scotland form Great Britain.
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A neopolotin composer who died young and had his achievements romanticized.
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After the Sucess of his opera Rinaldo, he decided to settle in Britain.
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A set of Violin concertos by Vivaldi.
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Johnathan Swift publishes the satirical adventures of Gulliver's Travels.
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Handel composes Zadok the Priest for the crowning of George the Second.
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Benjamin Franklyn publishes and writes the weekly newspaper known as the Pennsylvania Gazette.