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Period: 1551 to
Giulio Caccini
Italian composer, singer, teacher, and instrumentalist. One of the founders of Opera. -
Period: 1557 to
Giovanni Gabrieli
Italian Composer and organist noted for use of instruments in sacred music -
Period: 1561 to
Jacopo Peri
Claimed to make first opera in 1597 with his "Dafne" -
Period: 1563 to
John Dowland
English lutenist and leading composer of lute music. -
Period: 1564 to
William Schakespeare
English playwright and poet; important force in the field of music -
Period: to
Orlando Gibbons
English composer of Anglican Church anthems; keyboardist; a leading composer in 17th century -
Period: to
Girolamo Frescobaldi
First modern keyboard virtuoso and composer; he was the most influential keyboard composer of the early baroque. -
Period: to
Francesca Caccini
First woman to compose operas; renowned soprano sing an early age -
Opera Invented in Florence, Italy
By Jacopo Periand Giulio Caccini -
Basso Continuo is first developed
Emilio de' Cavalieri's "Rappresentazionne di Anima e di Corpo" was de first publication to feature a figured bass -
Death of Queen Elizabeth I
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Period: to
Giacomo Carissimi
A leading composer of Roman cantatas and oratorios; teacher of Charpentier. -
Jamestown is Established
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Galileo Galilei discovers Saturn's rings
Using a first version of a telescope -
Teatro San Cassiano opens in Venice
First public opera house -
The Coronation of Poppea is premiered
In Venice - by 75 year old Monteverdi, one of the first opera's based on mythology -
Death of Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer -
Reign of Louis XIV Begins
French monarch who was also an accomplished dancer