Timeline 2: Baroque By madisonlaird0 1600 Opera was invented in Florence, Italy 1600 Euridice is released Period: 1600 to 1650 Early Baroque 1607 L'Orfeo premieres 1618 "Primo Libro delle Musiche a una e due Voci" was created 1619 Barbara Strozzi is born 1637 First public opera theater opened in Venice Teatro de Cassiano Period: 1638 to 1715 Louis the 14th of France 1640 Arias rise in popularity 1640 Francesca Caccini dies first woman to compose operas 1642 The Coronation of Poppea is released 1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi dies 1643 Claudio Monteverdi dies 1644 Barbara Strozzi releases her first set of songs Period: 1644 to 1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Period: 1647 to 1652 "The Ecstasy of Saint Therese" was created Period: 1650 to 1700 Middle Baroque Period: 1653 to 1713 Arcangelo Corelli Period: 1659 to 1695 Henry Purcell Period: 1660 to 1685 Charles II reigns Period: 1660 to 1725 Alessandro Scarlatti Period: 1666 to 1729 Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerra 1668 Francois Couperin is born 1676 Biber's Sonata No. 1 is released 1677 Barbara Strozzi dies 1678 Antonio Vivaldi is born 1681 George Philip Telemann is born 1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret is born 1685 Domenico Scarlatti is born 1685 G.F. Handel is born 1685 J.S. Bach is born 1689 Dido and Aeneas is released 1699 Johann Hasse is born Period: 1700 to 1730 Late Baroque 1706 comic operas start appearing in Italy 1717 Handel's Water Music is released 1717 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Bach) is released 1718 Esther 1722 Volume 1 of Bachs's Wall-Tempered Clavier is released 1724 Bach's St. John Passion is released 1725 Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) is released 1729 Suite de Symphonies is released 1730 The English Oratorio 1733 Telemann publishes "Tafelmusik"