Timeline 2

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  • Period: 1567 to

    C. Monteverdi

    Trained in Renaissance style, composed “modern” music as well. Wrote 9 books of madrigals
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    F. Caccini

    Daughter of Giuliano Caccini. She is a soprano and the first woman to compose operas. She sang lead roles from a very young age.

  • First opera

    Dafne, composed by G. Caccini and J. Peri

  • First Extant Opera

    Euridice, by G. Caccini and J. Peri

  • 17th century genres

    Opera, Cantatas, Oratorio, Arias, Passacaglia, Chaconne
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    Early Baroque

  • Invention of the Telescope

  • Primo Libro delle Musiche a una e due Voci

    Published in 1618, by F. Caccini
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    Thirty years war

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    B. Strozzi

    Studied under F. Cavalli at the Accademia degli Unisoni. Published eight sets of songs. She did not write opera.

  • Public opera

    First public opera opened in Venice
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    Louis the 14th of France

    King, accomplished dancer, most composers included a part for him

  • Arias

    Arias became the most desired and appreciated pieces

  • The coronation of Poppea

    Composed by Monteverdi when he was 75, premiered in Venice
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    English Civil War

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    H. von Biber

    Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. One of the most important composers for the violin in its early years. Had a new technique of playing violin

  • Middle baroque Cantatas

    Usually secular, and in Italian. It is composed for 1-2 singers with basso continuo and possibly a small string ensemble
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    Middle Baroque

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    A. Corelli

    He made clear distinctions between the different types of sonatas (Sonata da camera, Sonata da chiesa, trio sonata) and he was the master of the trio sonata.
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    Henry Purcell

    Singer, organist, composer of instrumental and vocal music
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    A. Scarlatti

    Father of D. Scarlatti. Teacher in Naples, many of his students helped create the new classical style. His death marked the end of the baroque era
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    E. Jacquet

    Called “the wonder of our century” (the 17th century french)
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    F. Couperin

    French composer

  • Opera reached England

    By the 1670’s
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    A. Vivaldi

    Called the red priest, music director at the Pieta (an orphanage for girls). He composed many operas
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    D. Scarlatti

    Keyboard virtuoso, had a progressive style with a modern flare. He wrote over 500 sonatas for harpsichord, operas, cantata, and keyboard exercises.
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    G. F. Handel

    A German composer in England, writing in Italian. He wrote Water Music (1717)
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    J. S. Bach

    The greatest master of the fugue. One of the most skilled musicians in the Baroque. Wrote a lot of music in all genres except opera Wrote Well Tempered Clavier along with many others. The Art of Fugue was left unfinished when he died

  • Dido and Aeneas

    By Henry Purcell

  • Invention of steam engine

  • Invention of piano

    Around 1700, the exact date is unknown but it was around this time
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    Late Baroque

  • Water Music

    Written by Handel, 22 movements

  • Le Quattro stagioni

    The Four Seasons:
    Cycle of four violin concertos
    Each concerto is accompanied by a poem that he might have written.