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One of the founders of the opera; gave a description of the new singing style in his book of "songs" of 1602, Le nuove musiche; Italian composer, singer, teacher, and instrumentalist
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Italian composer and organist; noted for his use of instruments in his sacred music; nephew of Andrea
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One of the founders of opera; claimed to be the first in 1597 with his Dafne; 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; late in life appointed in London as one of the King's lutenists; In 2006 Sting (pop star) recorded Dowland's music creating a revival of his songs
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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 (second practice-or modern style)
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Beginning in the 1570s, a group of intellectuals that met to discuss the arts-members of the included Caccini, Peri, Gerolamo Mei, Vincenzo Galilei
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English; composer if 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 composed the first German opera, which we lost
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Sacred concerto, Sarabande, Serenata, Sinfonia, Sonata, Sonata da camera, Sonata da chiesa (sonata for the church), Suite, Toccata, Tragedie lyrique
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Allemande, Anthem, Aria, Ballad Opera, Ballet, Bouree, Cantata, Canzona, Chaconne, Choral Fugue, Choarle, Chorale prelude (organ chorale), Concerto (grosso, Solo, Ripieno), Courante, Fantasia, French Ouverture, Fugue, Gigue (English, jig), Grand Concerto, Hymn, Incidental music, Intermezzo, Landler, Masque, Mass, Minuet, Motet, Opera, Organ Chorale, Oratorio, Ordre, Organ prelude, Overture, Partita, Passacaglia, Passion, Prelude, Quodlibet, Recitative (Secco, accompagnato), Ricercar (Ricercare)
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Virtuoso singer and most prolific composer of cantatas in the 17th century; adopted daughter of poet, Guilio Strozzi
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Italian composer and organist; influential in the middle Baroque; used many (up to 90) short arias in his operas
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Establisher of French opera and ballet; dancer and violinist; Italianist by birth. but claimed by France
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German organist and composer; most important organ composer before J.S. Bach; respected by Bach
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Composer of French opera; pupil of Carissimi; equal to Lully and extremely prolific
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English composer of odes; teacher of Purcell; organist
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Most important Italian composer 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 concerto 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; teacher of many gallant composers to come
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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; teacher; pioneer of orchestral music; but, virtually forgotten by his contemporaries at his death
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The most prolific German composer of his day; more popular than J.S. Bach during the Baroque; contributed significantly to concert life in Germany
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French composer and theorist; known first as theorist
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Considered the Baroque master; wrote no operas; master of the counterpoint; he became an icon for future generations and is still one of the most revered composers today
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German musical; lived in England, inventor of the English oratorio; Beethoven respected him above all others
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Son of Alessandro; keyboard composer and virtuoso; served Portuguese and Spanish royal families; progressive style and personally aware of it
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German composer; flutist and flute teacher for Fredrick the Great in Berlin
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Gallant Neapolitan composer; he died young and his achievements were romanticized after his death; his intermezzo, La serva padrona sparked the war of the bouffons in Paris in 1752