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Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi
Early Baroque: Composer, adept at composing “modern” music, Used dissonances in his music -
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Francesca Caccini
Early Baroque: first woman to compose operas, sang lead roles in several early operas, became the highest paid musica in Italy by age 20, -
Dafne
Early Baroque: first opera Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri -
L’Orfeo
Early Baroque: written by Claudio Monteverdi -
Ascension of Louis XIII to the French Throne
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The Thirty Years War
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Barbara Strozzi
Early Baroque: Published eight sets of songs, most of her works are ariettas and aria -
The Coronation of Poppea
Early Baroque: by Claudio Monteverdi, Composed when he was 75, Premiered in Venice in 1642 -
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Middle Baroque; Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist, one of the most important composers for the violin -
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Arcangelo Corelli
Middle Baroque: Italian Composer -
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Henry Purcell
Early Baroque: Singer, organist, composer of instrumental and vocal music -
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Middle Baroque: Composer, teacher in Naples -
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Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
Middle Baroque; child prodigy Musician and harpsichord player, Performed for the court of Louis XIV at age 5 -
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François Couperin
Middle Baroque: French Composer -
Sonata No. 1: Biber
Middle Baroque: violin sonata -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Middle Baroque: Composer, Music director at the Pieta, Composed many operas and instrumental works, Wrote nearly 800 concertos of various types, Considered the greatest master of the Baroque concerto -
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Georg Philip Telemann
Middle Baroque: German Composer -
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Jean-Joseph Mouret
Middle Baroque: One representative composer from this French court: served the son of King Louis XIV, -
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Domenico Scarlatti
Middle Baroque: Composer, Wrote over 500 sonatas for harpsichord, operas, cantatas, and keyboard exercises -
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G. F. Handel
Middle Baroque: German composer, wrote Italian music, -
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J. S. Bach
Middle and Late Baroque: very important composer, greatest master of the fugue, one of the most skilled musicians in the Baroque -
Salem Witch Trials
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Handel’s Water Music
Middle Baroque: Performed for a royal party on the Thames River in London on July 17, 1717, Consists of 22 movements -
Le Quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Middle Baroque: Cycle of four violin concertos, Each concerto is accompanied by a poem -
Suite de symphonies
Middle Baroque: Written for trumpets, violins, oboes, timpani, basses, bassoons, and organ -
Cantata No. 140
Late Baroque: Based on a chorale by Philipp Nicolai, German -
Messiah
Late Baroque: Handel, English Oratorio, 52 separate numbers