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Period: 1567 to
Monteverdi
Transitional figure between Renaissance and Baroque -
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Frescoboldi
Finest organist of early baroque, influenced Bach -
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Caccini
First woman to compose opera, super famous and rich -
Opera invented by Peri and Caccini
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Baroque Era
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Early Baroque
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Popular musical genres: Overtures, sonatas, concertos, suites, opera, cantatas
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Death of William Shakespeare
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Strozzi
Published eight sets of songs, the first in 1644 -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
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Lully
Established French opera and ballet -
First public opera house opens in Venice
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Arias become popular
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Biber
One of the most important composers for violin, especially in the early days of the instrument -
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Stradivari
One of the most famous luthiers of all time -
Italian cantatas become popular
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Middle Baroque
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Corelli
Most important Italian composer of sonatas and concertos; most influential violinist of the Baroque era -
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Pachelbel
Surprisingly, wrote things besides Canon in D -
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Purcell
Wrote Dido and Aenas in 1689; worked in the court of Charles II -
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A. Scarlatti
A teacher; many of his students helped develop the Classical style -
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de la Guerre
"The wonder of our century"; a french suite composer -
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Couperin
One of the most important French composers -
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Vivaldi
Considered the greatest master of Baroque concertos -
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Telemann
Helped establish the French style suite in Germany; was friends with J. S. Bach; was the most prolific German composer of the day -
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Mouret
Composed operas, suites, and grand divertissements; served the son of Louis XIV -
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J. S. Bach
Master of the fugue, wrote all genres but opera, composed over 1000 works, you know who he is -
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Handel
Famous for his orchestral suites -
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D. Scarlatti
Keyboard virtuoso; wrote over 500 pieces -
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Late Baroque
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Piano invented by Cristofori
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Tuning fork invented by Shore