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Roman nobleman; one of the founders of the opera; the first to publish a figured bass; also an organist, singing teacher, dancer, choreographer.
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One of the founders of opera; gave a description of the new singing style in his book of "songs" of 1602; Italian composer, singer, teacher, and instrumentalist.
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Italian composer and organist; noted for his use of instruments in his sacred music.
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One of the founders of opera; claimed to be the first in 1597; significant contribution to monody and the recitative style.
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English, possibly Irish; lutenist and the leading composer of lute music; Catholic; served in the court of Denmark.
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English playwright and poet; he has been an important force in the field of music from his day to ours.
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The most important composer of the early baroque; one of the inventors of the new seconda practica.
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Beginning in the 1570s, a group of intellectuals that met to discuss the arts - members included Caccini, Peri, Girolamo Mei, Vincenzo Galilei
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English; composer of Anglican Church anthems; keyboardist; a leading composer in 17th-century England.
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First modern keyboard virtuoso and composer; he was the most influential keyboard composer of the early Baroque; he was the first European composer to focus on instrumental music.
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Most important German composer of the Middle Baroque; studied in Venice; reportedly composer the first German opera.
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Genres: opera, ballet, masses, magnificants, vespers, motets, madrigals, cantatas, oratorios,
Stylistic traits: homophony/polyphony, free rhythm, poetic form, binary form, contrast, markings used now
Inventions: opera, the oboe
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A leading composer of Roman cantatas and oratorios.
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Virtuoso singer and most prolific composer of cantatas in the 17th century
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Italian composer and organist; influential in the middle Baroque.
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Establisher of French opera and ballet; dancer and violinist; Italian by birth, but claimed by France.
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German organist and composer; most important organ composer before J.S. Bach.
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Composer of French opera; pupil of Carissimi.
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English composer of odes; organist.
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Genres: cantatas, opera, concerto, sonata, trio, ballets
Stylistic traits: recitative melodies, tonal system, ritornellos, strings dominated
Inventions: candy cane, pocket watch
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Most important Italian composer of sonatas and concertos; also the most influential violinist of the Baroque.
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German composer and organist; a leading composer of his time.
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Contributed the most to the development of the concert around 1700; wrote for trumpet and strings; virtuoso violinist.
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Most important English composer in the 17th century.
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Important Italian composer; teacher in Naples; his death ends the Baroque opera.
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French composer, keyboardist; one of the most important French composers.
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Italian composer, he laid the foundations for late Baroque instrumental music.
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The most prolific German composer of his day.
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French composer and theorist.
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Considered the Baroque master; wrote no operas; master of counterpoint; he became an icon for future generations and is still one of the most revered composers today.
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German musician; lived in England, inventor of the English oratorio.
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Son of Alessandro; keyboard composer and virtuoso.
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German composer; flutist and flute teacher for Fredrick the Great in Berlin.
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Galant Neapolitan composer; he died young and his achievements were romanticized after his death.
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Genres: opera, cantata, oratorio, concerto, sonata
Stylistic traits: fortspinning, basso continuo, steady tempos, 16th notes, polyphony/homophony, binary form
Inventions: Piano, tuning fork
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