The Early Baroque (1600-1650) By mjcasagrande Period: 1551 to 1618 Caccini Period: 1557 to 1612 Gabrieli Period: 1560 to 1637 Viadana Period: 1560 to 1629 Praetorius Period: 1561 to 1633 Peri Period: 1562 to 1628 Bull Period: 1564 to 1616 Shakespeare Period: 1567 to 1643 Monteverdi Period: 1567 to 1620 campion Period: 1570 to 1630 Rossi Period: 1580 to 1642 Agazzari Period: 1582 to 1643 Gagliano Period: 1583 to 1625 Gibbons Period: 1583 to 1643 Frescobaldi Period: 1583 to 1630 Schein Period: 1587 to 1654 Scheidt 1597 First Opera (Dafne) 1644 End of the Ming Dynasty