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Montiverdi originally composed Renaissance style music but adapted to the Baroque style. He wrote 9 Madrigal books, operas, masses, etc.
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Frescobaldi was the best Early Baroque Organist and greatly influenced Bach.
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The first female composer of operas. She began singing lead roles at 13 and was the highest paid Italian musician by 20.
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Every chord had a function, a tonic that was more easily understood was established as well as major/minor tonality systems, and rhythm was clearer.
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The Protestants and the Catholics disputed because the Protestants protested against the Holy Roman Empire.
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She studied under Cavalli at the Accademia degli Unisoni. Of her 8 sets of songs, all but one book of cantatas and one book of Madrigals, were dedicated to wealthy patrons.
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He was a really good ballet dancer and made sure it was known he could dance. His legs are visible in every painting there is of him and he would have composers write a section in their work specifically for him to dance in.
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A Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist who composed sonatas for violin and sacred Catholic music. He created new violin techniques as well.
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Sonata da camera and Sonata da chiesa became more widely used.
Sonata da camera: a group of stylized dances
Sonata da chiesa: has 4 movements and typically done in church -
The master of the trio sonata.
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He was a singer, composer, and organist whose music featured the influence of English, Italian, and French music and style.
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He taught in Naples and was the father of Domenico Scarlatti. His death was the end of the Baroque Era.
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Nicknamed "the wonder of our century".
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He was considered the greatest master of Baroque concerto, which makes sense because he wrote almost 800 concertos. He earned the nickname "the red priest" because of his red hair.
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Helped in establishing the French-style orchestral suite in Germany. He was close friends with Bach.
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Some of Mouret's works are still being used on TV today.
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The greatest master of the fugue and an amazing organist.
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Being a keyboard virtuoso, he wrote keyboard exercises, more than 500 harpsicord sonatas, cantatas, and operas.
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When his Italian operas weren't doing the job, he started writing English operas even though he was not a fluent English speaker. His most famous work is Messiah.