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Period: 1550 to
Emilio de'Cavalieri
de'Cavalieri was a Roman nobleman and one of the founders of opera. He was an Italian man and one of the first to publish a figured bass. He was a singer, dancer, organist, and teacher. His most significant work to historic date, is "La rappresentazione di anima e di corpo" (Representation of Soul and Body). -
Period: 1564 to
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. He was an important member of the King’s Men company of theatrical players. He has been an important force throughout music and playwrights from his day to ours in the present. His most notable works are "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello", "Hamlet", and many more. -
Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdi was an Italia composer who is one of the most important composers of the early Baroque period. He has done 8 books of madrigals, Vespers, and 13 operas, however not all had survived. His most notable works are "Return of Ulysses to His Country" and "The Coronation of Poppea", which have luckily survived in score form. -
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Hienrich Schütz
Schütz is donned as the most important German composer of the middle baroque era. He was a chorister at Kassel and studied in Venice. He was reported to have composed the first German opera, that was unfortunately lost. His most know work is his 5 Italian madrigals. -
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Early Baroque
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Barbara Strozzi
Strozzi was an Italian virtuoso singer and composer of vocal music. She composed cantatas in the 17th century as well as arias and madrigals. She was the adopted daughter of poet, Guilio Strozzi and one of the very women to publish her own compositions. Her works include, "Non c’e più fede", "La vendetta", and "Lagrime mie". -
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Middle Baroque
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Henry Purcell
Purcell was and English composer and most important during the 17th century. He was a creator of anthems, sacred music, incidental music, and keyboard works. His works include a tragic opera, "Dido and Aeneas", as well as "The Fairy Queen", written for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". -
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François Couperin
Couperin was a French composer and keyboardist. He is known as one of the most important French composers. He worked on sacred and secular vocal works, chamber music, and keyboard works. His works include, "Pièces d'orgue", and "Les nations". -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi was an Italian composer who laid out the foundations for late baroque instrumental music. He was also a teacher and pioneer for orchestral music. He created 45 operas, 350 solo concerti, and sonatas. His most notable work is "The Four Season", however he did not get the chance to perform with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons ;(. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach was a German composer who is considered the Baroque master. He did create any operas, but was a master or counterpoint. While being donned and icon, he is still extremely relevant today.He created Masses, fugues, sonatas, and concertos. His notable works include, "Brandenburg Concertos", "The Well-Tempered Clavier", and the "Mass in B Minor". -
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Late/High Baroque