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Oct 8, 1551
Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)
Italian composer, singer, teacher, and instrumentalist. One of the founders of opera. Ave Maria -
Aug 12, 1557
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557 -1612)
Italian composer and organist. Noted for his use of instruments in sacred music O Magnum Mysterium -
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Jan 2, 1563
John Dowland (1563-1626)
English, possibly Irish. Lutenist and the leading composer of lute music. (In Darkness Let Me Dwell)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBVIJnqtYfs] -
1564
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
English playwright and poet. -
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
First modern keyboard virtuoso. First European composer to focus on instrumental music. Toccata Terza -
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
English, composer of Anglican Church. Keyboardist, a leading composer in the 17th Century. What is our life -
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Most important German Composer of the Middle Baroque. (Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljHSnNzygg] -
Florentine Camerata (1570-1590)
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The Early Baroque
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Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1667)
German composer and keyboardist. Pupil of Frescobaldi. (Carissimi- Plorate Filii Israel)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB5sDA7aztA] -
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Virtuoso singer and most prolific composer of cantatas in the 17th century. (Sino alla morte)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iW7014VGpI] -
Giovanni Legrenzy (1626-1690)
Italian composer and organist.
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Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Dancer and violinist. Establisher of French opera. (Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy-yugPw_X8] -
Dieterrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
German Organist and Composer. Most important composer before J.S. Bach
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Composer of French opera and very prolific. (Te Deum)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwU37osOkQA] -
John Blow (1648-1708)
English composer of odes, teacher of Purcell, and organist. (Venus and Adonis - Dunedin Consort)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uf0wfEMb-o] -
First Opera House
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Period: to
The Middle Baroque
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Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
German composer and organist.
(Canon in D)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptk_1Dc2iPY] -
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Most important Italian composer of sonatas and concertos. The most influential violinist of the baroque. (La Follia)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHRdFILo_Yw] -
Las Meninas (Velázquez)
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Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
Virtuoso violinist, Contributed the most to the development of concerto.
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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Most important English composer from the 17th Century. -
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Important Italian composer. -
François Couperin (1668-1733)
One of the most important French composers. -
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Italian composer, teacher, and pioneer of orchestral music. -
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
The most prolific German composer of the Baroque. -
Universal Gravitation Laws
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Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
French composer and theorist. -
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
One of the most revered composers of all time. -
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
German musician. The inventor of the English oratorio. -
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1759)
Keyboard, composer, and virtuoso -
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The Late Baroque
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Pianoforte invention
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Galant Neapolitan composer
