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Opera was invented in Florence, Italy
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Euridice is released
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Early Baroque
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L'Orfeo premieres
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"Primo Libro delle Musiche a una e due Voci" was created
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Barbara Strozzi is born
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First public opera theater opened in Venice
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Louis the 14th of France
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Arias rise in popularity
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Francesca Caccini dies
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The Coronation of Poppea is released
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Girolamo Frescobaldi dies
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Claudio Monteverdi dies
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Barbara Strozzi releases her first set of songs
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
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"The Ecstasy of Saint Therese" was created
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Middle Baroque
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Arcangelo Corelli
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Henry Purcell
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Charles II reigns
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Alessandro Scarlatti
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Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerra
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Francois Couperin is born
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Biber's Sonata No. 1 is released
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Barbara Strozzi dies
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Antonio Vivaldi is born
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George Philip Telemann is born
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Jean-Joseph Mouret is born
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Domenico Scarlatti is born
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G.F. Handel is born
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J.S. Bach is born
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Dido and Aeneas is released
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Johann Hasse is born
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Late Baroque
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comic operas start appearing in Italy
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Handel's Water Music is released
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Bach) is released
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Esther
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Volume 1 of Bachs's Wall-Tempered Clavier is released
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Bach's St. John Passion is released
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Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) is released
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Suite de Symphonies is released
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The English Oratorio
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Telemann publishes "Tafelmusik"