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Considered one of the founders of opera
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Italian composer and organist known for his use of instruments in sacred music.
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One of the founders of opera
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lutenist and leading composer of lute music
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English playwright and poet
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Most important composer of early Baroque, one of the inventors of seconda practica (modern style)
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Starting in 1570's, a group of intellectuals met to discuss the arts and included Caccini, Peri, Girolamo Mei, Vincenzo Galilei
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English composer of Anglican Church anthems and a leading composer for 17th century England
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First modern keyboard virtuoso and composer and was most influential keyboard composer of early Baroque
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Most important German composer of Middle Baroque
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Soprano and the first woman to compose opera. The most successful Italian female composer
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Leading composer of Roman cantatas and oratorios
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Composed madrigals, cantatas, and arias, and mother was Julio Strozzi's servants. Studied under some of the same teacher's that male composers of this time did
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Italian composer and organist who used many short arias in his operas
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Establisher of French opera and ballet; was a dancer and violinist who is Italian by birth but claimed by France
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Italian composer
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Composer of French opera
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Most important Italian composer of sonatas and concertos
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Contributed to most of the development of concerto around 1700
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Most important English composer in the 17th century
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Important Italian composer who was a teacher in Naples
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important French composer and keyboardist
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Italian composer who laid the foundation for late Baroque instrumental music
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Most prolific composer of his day and was more popular than J. S. Bach during the Baroque
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French composer and theorist
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Considered the Baroque master
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German musician and inventor of the English oratorio
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Son of Alessandro and was a keyboard composer and virtuoso
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German composer
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Neapolitan composer who died young and his achievements were romanticized after his death