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1550
Emilio de'Cavalieri (1550-1602)
Early Baroque. Roman nobleman and one of the founders of opera. -
Period: 1551 to
Giulio Caccini
Early Baroque. Italian composer, singer, teacher, and instrumentalist. -
Period: 1557 to
Giovanni Gabrieli
Early Baroque. Known for his use of instruments in his sacred music. -
Period: 1561 to
Jacopo Peri
Early baroque. Very significant to monody and the recitative style. -
Period: 1563 to
John Dowland
Early baroque. Leading composer of lute music. -
Period: 1564 to
William Shakespear
Early baroque. English play writer and poet. -
Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi
Early baroque. Most important composer of this era. -
Period: 1570 to
Florentine Camerata
Early baroque. In the group that met to discuss arts with Caccini, Peri,Girolamo Mei, and Vincenzo Galilei. -
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Orlando Gibbons
Early baroque. A leading composer in England during the 17th century. -
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Early baroque. Most influential keyboard composer of the era. -
Period: to
Heinrich Schutz
Middle baroque. Most important German composer of this era. -
Toccata
A virtuosic composition for keyboard or plucked string instruments. -
Early Baroque 1600-1650
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Development of functional tonality
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Bourree
A popular baroque dance form which was lively and was danced at the court of Louis XIV and in Lully's operas. -
Chaconne
A continuous variation based on a chord progression. -
Concerto
There were many different types of concertos such as Concerto grosso, solo concerto, and ripieno concerto. -
Courante
A baroque dance in triple meter that became a standard movement of the suite. -
Suite
A suite was a multi- movement instrumental composition. -
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Giacomo Carissimi
Early baroque. A leading composer of Roman cantatas and oratorios. -
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Barbara Strozzi
Middle baroque. Singer and composer of cantatas in the 17th century. -
Period: to
Giovanni Legrenzi
Middle baroque. Italian composer and organist. -
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
Middle baroque. Establisher of french opera and ballet. -
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Middle baroque. German organist and composer. -
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Middle baroque. Composer of French opera and equal to Lully (extremely prolific.) -
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John Blow
Middle baroque. English composer of odes. -
Middle Baroque 1650-1700
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Arcangelo Corelli
Middle baroque. Most important composer of sonatas and concertos. -
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Johann Pachelbel
Middle baroque. German composer and organist. A leading composer of his time. -
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Henry Purcell
Middle baroque. Most important English composer of the 17th century. -
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Late baroque. Important Italian composer and teacher. His death ended /baroque opera. -
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Francois Couperin
Late baroque. French composer who was very important. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Late baroque. He laid the foundation for late baroque instrumental music. -
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George Philipp Telemann
Late baroque. The most prolific German composer of his day. -
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Late baroque. French composer and theorist. -
Period: to
Johann Sebastian Bach
Late baroque. Considered the baroque master and the master of counterpoint. -
Period: to
Gerog Friedrich Handel
Late baroque. German musician who lived in England. -
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Domenico Scarlatti
Late baroque. Served Portuguese and spanish royal families. -
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Johann Joachim Quantz
Late baroque. German composer and flutist. -
Late Baroque 1700 (1730) - 1750
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Late baroque. Galant Neapolitan composer. He died young and his achievements were romanticized after his death.