-
Period: Jan 1, 1551 to
Giulio Caccini
Wrote first opera. -
Period: Jan 1, 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi
Worked as chaple master in venice. -
Period: to
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Organist in Rome. -
Period: to
Heinrich Schultz
German composer in Dresden. Known for applying Italian elements to church music. -
Period: to
Lucrzzia Vizzona
Female composer. Only composed for her nunnery, as it was illegal for women to publish music. -
Period: to
Baroque Era
Ended in 1750 because of JS Bach's death. -
Period: to
Giacomo Carissim
Was famous oratorio writer. Lived in Rome. -
Period: to
Juan Hidalgo
Wrote typical spanish operas ("Zarzuela"s) Zarzuela were semi-thematic semi-sung. Close to a semi-opera or incidental music. -
Period: to
Maurizio Cazzati
Would kick out old church band, and start an audition practice. This kicked off the concertos. -
Period: to
Jean-Baptist Lully
Court composer for Louis XIV, -
First Opera House
-
Period: to
Louis XIV (the Sun King)
Employed Lully.
Loved the arts, and used arts as a sort of propaganda. -
Period: to
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Composer of religous music in Paris.
Introduced Oritorio to France.
Lully's Successor. -
Period: to
Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco
Wrote first opera in the new world (Peru). -
30 Years war ends.
-
Period: to
Henry Purcell
Most important English composer. Wrote Dido and Aeneas. -
Period: to
Giuseppe Torelli
Wrote concertos in Bologna. Codified the F-S-F 3mvt concerto form.