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Period: 1551 to
Giulio Caccini
Invented opera in Florence, Italy around 1600 with Jacopo Peri. -
Period: 1557 to
Giovanni Gabrieli
Italian composer and organist that used instruments in his sacred music. -
Period: 1561 to
Jacopo Peri
Invented opera in Florence, Italy around 1600 with Giulio Caccini. -
Period: 1563 to
John Dowland
English lutenist and leading composer of lute music. Catholic and appointed as one of the King's lutenists -
Period: 1564 to
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet -
Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi
Trained in the Renaissance style and used dissonances in his madrigals for expression. Important transitional figure into the Baroque. Wrote L'Orfeo. -
Period: 1570 to
Florentine Camerata
Member of group of influential musicians -
Period: to
Orlando Gibbons
English composer of Anglican Church anthems -
Period: to
Heinrich Schutz
Most important German composer of the Middle Baroque. Composed the first non-extant German opera. -
Early Baroque (1600-1650)
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First Extant Opera
Euridice 1600 by Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri -
Period: to
Alessandro Scarlatti
Father of composer Domenico Scarlatti. Teacher in Naples and died at the end of the Baroque. -
Period: to
Giacomo Carissimi
A leading composer of Roman cantatas and oratorios. -
Period: to
Barbara Strozzi
Born in Venice and studied under Francesco Cavalli. Wrote many songs and cantatas. -
Period: to
Giovanni Legrenzi
Italian composer and organist -
Period: to
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Establisher of French opera and ballet -
First Public Opera Theatre
Opened in Venice 1637
Opera gains popularity -
Period: to
Dieterich Buxtehude
German organist and composer -
Period: to
Marc- Antoine Charpentier
Composer of French opera -
Period: to
John Blow
English composer of odes and organist -
Middle Baroque (1650-1700)
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Period: to
Arcangelo Corelli
Italian Suite Composer -
Period: to
Johann Pachelbel
German composer and organist -
Period: to
Giuseppe Torelli
Contributed the most to the development of the concerto around 1700 -
Period: to
Henry Purcell
Singer, organist, and composer of instrumental
and vocal music. Assimilated the musical styles of Europe. -
Period: to
Francois Couperin
French suite composer. -
Period: to
Antonio Vivaldi
Called the "red priest". Director at orphanage for girls in Venice, the Pieta. Famous work: Four Seasons. Wrote nearly 800 concertos. -
Period: to
Georg Philipp Telemann
German suite composer. More than 125 orchestral suites and was extremely prolific. -
Period: to
Jean-Philippe Rameau
French composer and theorist -
Period: to
Johann Sebastian Bach
Greatest master of the fugue and one of the most skilled musicians of the Baroque. Wrote music in all genres except opera. -
Period: to
Georg Friedrich Handel
German composer living in England writing Italian music. Two very popular orchestral suites. -
Period: to
Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard virtuoso who was very progressive and wrote over 500 sonatas for harpsichord, operas, cantatas, and keyboard exercises. -
Period: to
Johann Joachim Quantz
German composer; flutist and flute teacher -
Late Baroque (1700-1730)
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Period: to
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Galant Neapolitan composer. Died young and had his achievements romanticized after his death.