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Period: 1567 to
Caudio Monteverdi
- Trained in the Renaissance Style
- The transitional figure from the Renaissance to the Baroque
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Francesca Caccini
-Soprano and the daughter of Giolio Caccini
-First woman to compose opera -
1st Opera
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1st Extant Opera
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Instruments became more important than Vocalist
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Baroque Period
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Early Baroque
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Jamestown was founded
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Barbara Strozzi
-Studied under Franscesco Cavalli
-Published eight sets of songs- the first in 1644 -
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Von Biber
-Bohemian- Austrian Composer and Violinist
- Catholic sacred music, Violin Sonatas, and Ensemble music -
Mid-Baroque
-Usually Secular
-In Italian
-Text often about love -
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Middle Baroque
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Arcongelo Corelli
-Made clear distinctions between the different types of sonatas
-Master of the Trio Sonata Italian Composer -
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Henry Porcell
-Singer, organist, composer of Intrumental and vocal music -
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Alessandro Scarlatti
-Father of Composer Domenico Scarlatti
-Teacher in Naples, many of his students created a new classical style -
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Elisabeth- Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
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Francois Couperin
-French Composer -
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Antonio Vivaldi
-Called Red priest because of his red hair
-Composed many operas -
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Georg Philip Teleman
-German Composer
-Helped establish the French style orchestral suite in Germany -
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Jean- Joseph Mouvet
-One representative composer from this French Court
-Composed Operas -
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G.F Handel
-German Composer loving in England writing Italian music -
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Domenico Scarlatti
-Keyboard Virtouso
-Served Portuguese and Spanish Royal families
-Had Progressive style -
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J.S. Bach
-Composer
-Most skilled musicians in the Baroque
-Wrote a ton of music in all genres except opera -
French- Indian War
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Salem Witch Trials
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Johann Hasse
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Late Baroque
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Le Quattro Stagioni
4 Violin Concertos for 4 seasons accompanied by a poem -
1st Great Awakening