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Period: 1567 to
Claudio Montiverdi
Montiverdi originally composed Renaissance style music but adapted to the Baroque style. He wrote 9 Madrigal books, operas, masses, etc. -
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Frescobaldi was the best Early Baroque Organist and greatly influenced Bach. -
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Francesca Caccini
The first female composer of operas. She began singing lead roles at 13 and was the highest paid Italian musician by 20. -
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Early Baroque
Every chord had a function, a tonic that was more easily understood was established as well as major/minor tonality systems, and rhythm was clearer. -
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The 30 Year War
The Protestants and the Catholics disputed because the Protestants protested against the Holy Roman Empire. -
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Barbara Strozzi
She studied under Cavalli at the Accademia degli Unisoni. Of her 8 sets of songs, all but one book of cantatas and one book of Madrigals, were dedicated to wealthy patrons. -
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Louis 14th of France
He was a really good ballet dancer and made sure it was known he could dance. His legs are visible in every painting there is of him and he would have composers write a section in their work specifically for him to dance in. -
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
A Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist who composed sonatas for violin and sacred Catholic music. He created new violin techniques as well. -
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Middle Baroque
Sonata da camera and Sonata da chiesa became more widely used.
Sonata da camera: a group of stylized dances
Sonata da chiesa: has 4 movements and typically done in church -
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Arcangelo Corelli
The master of the trio sonata. -
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Henry Purcell
He was a singer, composer, and organist whose music featured the influence of English, Italian, and French music and style. -
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Alessandro Scarlatti
He taught in Naples and was the father of Domenico Scarlatti. His death was the end of the Baroque Era. -
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Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
Nicknamed "the wonder of our century". -
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Antonio Vivaldi
He was considered the greatest master of Baroque concerto, which makes sense because he wrote almost 800 concertos. He earned the nickname "the red priest" because of his red hair. -
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George Philip Telemann
Helped in establishing the French-style orchestral suite in Germany. He was close friends with Bach. -
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Jean-Joseph Mouret
Some of Mouret's works are still being used on TV today. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The greatest master of the fugue and an amazing organist. -
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Domenico Scarlatti
Being a keyboard virtuoso, he wrote keyboard exercises, more than 500 harpsicord sonatas, cantatas, and operas. -
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George Frideric Handel
When his Italian operas weren't doing the job, he started writing English operas even though he was not a fluent English speaker. His most famous work is Messiah.