Claudio Monteverdi
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Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a c
Monteverdi in c. 1630
Cremona Cathedral, where Monteverdi's teacher Ingegneri was maestro di capella
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Duke Vincenzo I Gonzaga in his coronation robes (1587, by Jeannin Bahuet [it])
The only certain portrait of Claudio Monteverdi, from the title page of Fiori poetici, a 1644 book of commemorative poems for his funeral
Baroque music
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Baroque music refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Cla
Claudio Monteverdi
…both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history. Born in Cremona, where he undertook his first musical studies and compositions, Monteverdi developed his career first at the…
Painting by Evaristo Baschenis of Baroque instruments, including a cittern, viola da gamba, violin, and two lutes
Claudio Monteverdi in 1640
Jean-Baptiste Lully by Paul Mignard
George Frideric Handel