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One of the founder of 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 the 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 Downland'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 inventers of the new seconda pratica (second practice or modern style)
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Beginning in the 1570s, a group of intellectuals that met to discuss the arts--- members included Caccini, Peri, Girolamo Mei, Vincenzo Galilei.
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English; composer of Anglican Church anthems; keyboardist; a leading composer in the 17th century England
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First Modern Keyboard virtuoso and composer; he was the most influential keyboard composer of the early Baroque was the first European composer to focus 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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A leading composer of Roman cantatas and oratorios; teacher of Charpentier.
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By F. Caccini... Like many songbooks of that period, her one publication of madrigals, Il primo libro delle musiche (1618; “The First Book of Music”), may have served both artistic and pedagogical purposes, and it offers a glimpse of her methodologies as a teacher. The book contains a wide variety of musical genres set to both secular and sacred texts, and it includes extensive explicit notation for vocal ornamentation.
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The Thirty Years’ War was a 17th-century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe. It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million casualties resulting from military battles as well as from the famine and disease caused by the conflict. The war lasted from 1618 to 1648, starting as a battle among the Catholic and Protestant states that formed the Holy Roman Empire.
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Virtuoso singer and most prolific composer of cantatas in the 17th century; adopted daughter of the poet, Guilio Strozzi
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Italian composer and organist; influential in the middle Baroque; used many short arias in his operas
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Establisher of French opera and ballet; dancer and violinist; Italian by birth, but claimed by France.
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The Teatro San Cassiano or Teatro di San Cassiano in Venice was the first public opera house when it opened in 1637.
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German organist and composer; most important organ composer before J. S. Bach; respected by Bach
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(Dates are Approximate) An aria is a long song accompanying a solo voice. An aria is usually in an opera. It is an Italian word of the 18th century meaning “air” (i.e. a tune). A small amount of text is used in an aria. Characteristics include the use of melismas, repetition and sequences.Typically there would be full accompaniment to the solo voice in the aria although this is not the case in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas where the majority of its arias are only accompanied by the continuo part.
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Composers of French operas; 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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(Dates are approximate) Court sonata written for one or more melody instruments and basso continuo.
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Most important Italian composer of 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 Baroque opera; teacher of many galant 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 a theorist
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German musician; 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 Frederick the Great in Berlin
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Galant Italian composer and innovator of the symphony in Milan, 1730's+