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Trained in the Renaissance style
Used dissonancec in his music (madrigals) for text expression
Seconda prattica: monodo with dissonance, very expressive -
Soprano and daughter of Giulio Caccini
First woman to compose operas
Sang lead roles in early operas
Highest paid musica in Italy by 20 -
First opera composed by Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri
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Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini invented opera in FLorence, Italy
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First extant opera composed by Caccini and Peri
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Francesca Caccini published this piece
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Mother was a servant to Giulio Strozzi who adopted Barabara
Published 8 sets of songs each set dedicated to a different wealthy person
Did not write opera but her songs and cantatas are very dramatic -
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He was an accomplished dancer who loved to show off his legs
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An Aria is a piece for a solo singer that has more elaboration and coherance than recit.
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Composed when he was 75
Early operas based on mythology
Premiered in Venice -
Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist
Lived in salzburg
One of the most important composers for the violin
Catholic scared music, violin sonatas, and enseble music
New technique of playing the violin allowed him to easily find 6th and 7th positions, play with double stops and polyphony, experiment with scordatura -
Usually secular
Italian
Composed for 1 or 2 singers witha basso continuo and possibly a small string ensemble -
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Singer, organist, composer of intrumental and vocal music
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Father of Domenico Scarlatti
Teacher in Naples
His death marks a better indicator of the end of the baroque -
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Composed operas, suites, and grand divertissements
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Keyboard virtuoso
Served Portugese and Spanish royal families
Had a progressive style
wrote over 500 sonatas -
Greatest master of the fugue
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Bach wrote this collection at the end of his life and it was not published until 1751 after his death in 1750