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An Italian composer trained in the Renaissance style, also adept at composing "modern" music. He used dissonances in his music for text expression.
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Soprano and the daughter of Giulio Caccini. She was the first woman to compose operas.
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The first opera, composed by Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri.
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Invented by Peri and Giulio Caccini in Florence, Italy.
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First extant opera, composed by Caccini and Peri
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A multinational corporation founded by a government-directed consolidation of several rival Dutch trading companies. It is believed to be the largest company to ever have existed in recorded history.
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An opera composed by Monteverdi, libretto by Alessandro Striggio.
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The first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States. The settlement thrived for nearly 100 years as the capital of the Virginia colony; it was abandoned after the capital moved to Williamsburg in 1699.
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A conflict fought largely within the Holy Roman Empire from 1618 to 1648. Considered one of the most destructive wars in European history, estimates of total deaths caused by the conflict range from 4.5 to 8 million, while some areas of Germany experienced population declines of over 50%.
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Studied under Francesco Cavalli at the Accademia degli Unisoni. She published eight sets of songs, each dedicated to a different person. Most poems were written especially for her songs.
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The first public opera theater opened in Venice.
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The final opera composed by Italian composer Monteverdi. Composed when was 75, it was based on mythology and premiered in Venice.
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Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. One of the most important composers for the violin, especially in the instrument’s early years. Wrote Catholic sacred music, violin sonatas, and ensemble music.
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The Distracted One, a cantata composed by Strozzi. Showcases text painting using chromaticism.
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The master of the Trio Sonata, he made clear distinctions between the different types of sonatas.
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Singer, organist, composer of instrumental and vocal music. He worked in the court of Charles II when stage plays were again allowed.
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End of commonwealth of England & return of monarchy.
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The father of composer Domenico Scarlatti. A teacher in Naples; many of his students helped create the new classical style. His death marks a better indicator of the end of the Baroque than does Bach’s in 1750.
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A French musician, harpsichordist and composer. She was called "the wonder of our century."
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A French composer, organist, and harpsichordist.
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Mid-Baroque violin sonata composed by Biber. The opening Praeludium is for violin and basso continuo; the violin part uses a virtuosic style similar to that of solo vocal singing.
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Music director at the Pieta, an orphanage for girls in Venice. He composed many operas, sacred music, and instrumental works. He was very popular during the height of his career (1720s). Considered the greatest master of the Baroque concerto.
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A German composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes.
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One representative composer from this French court: served the son of King Louis XIV. Composed operas, suites, and “grand divertissements [entertainments]”.
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A keyboard virtuoso, he served Spanish and Portuguese royal families. He had a progressive style and was aware of his modern flare. He wrote over 500 sonatas for harpsichord, operas, cantatas, and keyboard exercises.
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A German composer known for orchestral suites such as Music for the Royal Fireworks and Water Music. He lived in England and wrote Italian music.
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A German composer and musician. He is known for his orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos. He is undisputedly the greatest master of the fugue.
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An English playwright and poet, he invented the Ballad Opera.
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An opera composed by Henry Purcell with libretto by Nahum Tate.
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Johann Christoph Denner invented the clarinet by modifying the chalumeau.
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Bartolomeo Cristofori is credited with the invention of the modern piano. He switched out the plucking mechanism of the harpsichord with a hammer.
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Composed by G.F. Handel, performed for a royal party on the Thames River in London on July 17, 1717. 22 movements
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The Four Seasons; a cycle of four violin concertos. Showed word painting in instrumental music; each concerto is accompanied by a poem that we believe he wrote. An example of programmatic music
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An incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written in the last decade of his life, The Art of Fugue is the culmination of Bach's experimentation with monothematic instrumental works.