Jacopo Peri, 1561-1633 | On Baroque Bach, Corelli, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Handel . . . Jacopo Peri, 1561-1633 Tu dormi e’l dolce sonno Al canto, al ballo, all’ombra Dunque fra torbide onde (madrigale) Selected Sheet Music L’Euridice (complete version) Notes and Commentary Jacopo Peri was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote the first work to be called an opera today, Dafne (around 1597), and also the first opera to have survived to the present day, Euridice (1600). In the 1590s, Peri became associated with Jacopo Corsi, the leading patron of music in Florence. The two of them believed contemporary art was inferior to classical Greek and Roman works, and attempted to recreate Greek tragedy, as they understood it.

Their work added to that of the Florentine Camerata of the previous decade, which produced the first experiments in monody, the solo song style over continuo bass which eventually developed into recitative and aria. Peri and Corsi brought in the poet Ottavio Rinuccini to write a text, and the result, Dafne, though nowadays thought to be a long way from anything the Greeks would have recognised, is seen as the first work in a new form, opera. Rinuccini and Peri next collaborated on Euridice. This was first performed on October 6, 1600, at the Palazzo Pitti. Unlike Dafne, it has survived to the present day (though it is hardly ever staged, and then only as an historical curio). The work made use of recitatives, a new development which went between the arias and choruses and served to move the action along. Peri produced a number of other operas, often in collaboration with other composers, and also wrote a number of other pieces for various court entertainments.

Few of his pieces are performed today, and even by the time of his death his operatic style was looking old-fashioned when compared to the work of relatively younger reformist composers such as Claudio Monteverdi. Peri’s influence on those later composers, however, was large. He lived from August 20, 1561, to August 12, 1633.— Excerpted from Wikipedia Books and Music $38.77 on Amazon “Richard Goldthwaite, an economic historian, and Tim Carter, a musicologist, have done much more than write a biography: their investigation exposes the remarkable value of Peri’s private account books and other financial documents as a primary source for an entire period.

This record of Peri’s wide-ranging investments and activities in the marketplace enables the first detailed account of the Florentine economy in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and also opens a completely new perspective on one of Europe’s principal centers of capitalism.”—From the book description at Michael Shamansky, Bookseller Selected Music Final Timeline | Preceden Final Timeline Jacopo Peri 1561 - 1633 Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote the first work to be called an opera today, Dafne (around 1597), and also the first opera to have survived to the present day, Euridice (1600). Pencil 1564 The “lead” pencil (which contains no lead) was invented in 1564 when a huge graphite (black carbon) mine was discovered in England. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 - 1643 Monteverdi’s work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period.

Girolamo Frescobaldi 1583 - 1643 One of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Heinrich Schutz 1585 - 1672 German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi. Alessandro Gradi Northern Italian composer of the early Baroque era, writing in the new concertato style. Thermometer 1593 The Thermometer was invented by Galileo Galilei in 1593. His thermometer consisted of water in a glass bulb; the water moved up and down the bulb as the temperature changed. Biagio Marini Italian virtuoso violinist and composer of the first half of the seventeenth century. Le musice sopra l'Euridice An opera by Jacopo Peri, with additional music by Giulio Caccini. Johann Carolus Johann Carolus of Germany publishes the ‘Relation’, the first newspaper. Cruda Amarilla Madrigal by Claudio Monteverdi.

Cruda Amarilli the first of the Fifth book of Madrigals. Refracting telescope 1608 Hans Lippershey (1570?-1619) was a German-born Dutch lens maker who demonstrated the first refracting telescope in 1608, made from two lenses; he applied for a patent for this optical refracting telescope (using 2 lenses) in 1608, intending it for use as a military device. L'Orfeo Is a late Renaissance/early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. Toccata No.3 Toccata piece (piano piece) by Girolamo Frescobaldi. Submarine The earliest human-powered submarine invented by Cornelis Drebbel. O quam tu pulchra es 1625 Sonata IV per il violino 1626 Sonata for violin and continuo by Biagio Marini Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 - 1687 Florentine-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French baroque style.

Ricercare from Mass for the Madonna 1635 Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque era. Pendulum clock Christiaan Huygens develops the first functional pendulum clock based on the learnings of Galileo Galilei. Henry Purcell 1659 - 1695 English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell’s legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. Alessandro Scarlatti 1660 - 1725 Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre 1665 - 1729 French musician, harpsichordist and composer. Francois Couperin 1668 - 1733 French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand (“Couperin the Great”) to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family. Candy Cane!

1670 The first reference to a candy cane is made. A candy cane turned upside down reveals the letter J, which many believe represents Jesus. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 - 1741 Nicknamed il Prete Rosso (“The Red Priest”) because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, Catholic priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Trio Sonata Op. 3 No. 2 1680 Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683 - 1764 French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François Couperin. GF Handel German-born British Baroque composer famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. J.S. Bach German composer, organist, violinist, harpsichordist, and violist. Armide Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Critics in the 18th century regarded Armide as Lully’s masterpiece.

Suite No.3 in A minor 1687 Keyboard Suite written by Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. Dido and Aeneas 1689 An opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. A monumental work in Baroque opera, Dido and Aeneas is remembered as one of Purcell’s foremost theatrical works. Clori vezzosa e bella Prelude and Fugue in A minor 1715 Organ prelude and Fugue by JS bach. Durch Adams Fall Chorale prelude written by JS Bach. Tune is in bar form. Giulio Cesare 1724 commonly known simply as Giulio Cesare, is an Italian opera (dramma per musica) in three acts composed for the Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel in 1724. Hippolyte et Aricie 1732 first opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau.

It was premiered to great controversy by the Académie Royale de Musique at its theatre in the Palais-Royal in Paris on October 1, 1733. Saul 1738 dramatic oratorio in three acts written by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Charles Jennens. Taken from the First Book of Samuel. Jacopo Peri | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Roberta Klarreich Jacopo Peri, to whom belongs the distinction of having composed the first opera, was born in Rome but grew up in Florence. A member of a noble family, Peri studied under Cristoforo Malvezzi of Lucca. From 1579 to 1606 he was an organist at the Badia in Florence, and in 1588, he entered the service of the court of the dominant Medici family as maestro di cappella first to Ferdinand I, Duke of Tuscany, and afterwards to his son, Cosimo II. In 1589 he performed to great acclaim in the giant musical production La Pellegrina, organized to commemorate Ferdinand's marriage to Christine of Lorraine.

Peri became associated with a group of humanists in Florence, headed by Giovanni de' Bardi, who were dedicated to attempting a revival of Greek tragedy as the Greeks themselves had experienced it. It was established knowledge that ancient performances had included long set pieces alternating with what might be termed duets and extended choral odes, all sung or declaimed in rhythms that varied according to the emotions being expressed. Dance and instrumental accompaniment were also involved. No music had survived from ancient Greece, however, so these Florentine intellectuals had to make their best guess as to how the music should sound. The result of this experiment in reconstruction was Dafne, a pastoral drama by the poet Ottavio Rinuccini with music by Peri and Jacopo Corsi. Peri was responsible for the recitatives and some of the musical numbers. Now considered the first opera, Dafne was performed privately in 1597 at Corsi's home in Florence; as word of its novelty spread it received several more performances over the next few years.

In 1600, Peri was commissioned to write a second opera, again with Rinuccini, on the occasion of Maria de' Medici's marriage to Henry IV of France. Drawing on the ancient Greek legend of the miraculous powers of music, they produced Euridice; Peri himself probably sang the role of Orpheus in the first performance. This opera, by virtue of the more public circumstances of its creation, awakened wider interest in the new music. Opera came into its own as an art form over the next few decades. Peri 's compositional style emphasized monody and declamation, a break from the contrapuntal style of his predecessors, and an embrace of the style that would prove the foundation of modern music composition. In addition to Dafne and Euridice, Peri wrote recitatives for Rinuccini's Arianna in 1608 and also composed other operas, ballets, and madrigals. From the early 1600s, Peri was in the service of the Mantuan court, for which he wrote the opera Adone in 1620.

Peri died in Florence in 1633 and was buried in the church of Santa Maria Novella, where his gravestone, crediting him as opera's inventor, is still clearly visible in the nave. Most of his music, including the much of the score to Dafne, is now lost, but Euridice survives and is still occasionally performed. Italian Opera - A Brief History Of Italian Opera Italian Opera Italian opera is a musical art form that had its beginnings in Florence in the late 1500s. It was based on a number of performance genres that preceded it, including Greek Drama, monody (poems sung by a solo vocalist with single instrument backing) and madrigals (a capella singing by 3-6 harmonizing vocalists). Madrigals and their many variations were performed at court in between acts of a play – a custom known as intermezzi – and tended to be lavish spectacles featuring singing, dancing and elaborate sets. The 16th Century: The Seeds of Italian Opera Cristofano Malvezzi (1547–1599) was born in Lucca, Tuscany, but later lived in Florence.

There he was maestro di cappella at the cathedral and wrote madrigals and numerous intermezzi for the Medici family's entertainments. It's speculated that he was a member of the Florentine Camerata, a group of progressive musicians and poets who, in attempting to recreate the music of ancient Greece, created the first monody, a forerunner of the aria and essentially the genesis of opera. The 17th Century: Opera is Born The earliest known opera composition is Dafne, written by Jacopo Peri (1561–1633) in 1597. Peri was born in Rome but relocated to Florence to study music. In the 1590s, he met Jacopo Corsi, the leading patron of music in Florence, and they decided to recreate a form of Greek tragedy, following in the footsteps of the Florentine Camerata, which had produced the first experiments in monody. Peri and Corsi invited the poet Ottavio Rinuccini to write a text, andDafne was the result.

Peri's later composition, Euridice, written in 1600 with Giulio Caccini, is the earliest surviving opera and was initially performed as part of the celebrations for a Medici wedding, thereby catapulting opera into the mainstream of court entertainment. Peri credited the madrigals of Emilio del Cavalieri as the forerunner of the operatic form. Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) Claudio Monteverdi was a native of Mantua, Lombardy, who wrote his first opera, La Favola d'Orfeo (The Fable of Orpheus), in 1607 for the court. Moving to Venice in 1613, Monteverdi subsequently enriched the performance of opera by adding an orchestra, more lavish costumes and sets, and a more dramatic vocal style. Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to the Baroque. The Roman Composers Several decades later, opera had spread throughout the Italian peninsular, the result of touring companies who performed in all the major cities.

In Rome, the prelate Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX) was an accomplished writer of poetry, dramas and libretti, as well as what may be the first comic opera. Other prominent Roman composers include Luigi Rossi, composer of two operas (Il Palazzo Incantato and Orfeo in 1647), Michelangelo Rossi (composer of Erminia sul Giordano in 1633 and Andromeda in 1638), Marco Marazzoli (composer of L'Amore Trionfante Dello Sdegno and various intermedi), and Virgilio Mazzocchi (composer of sacred vocal music for the papal chapels). The Roman composers increased the number of characters in their operas, which added to the drama and potential plot twists. Opera In Venice The first public opera house, the Teatro di San Cassiano, opened in Venice in 1637. Opera was no longer a court entertainment but a commercial enterprise open to the paying public. Additional opera houses soon opened throughout the city, performing a variety of works during Venice's Carnivale season.

Claudio Monteverdi wrote three works for Venice's theatres: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (1640), Le Nozze d'Enea con Lavinia (1641) and L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1642). Opera in Europe Italian touring companies brought opera to other European cities, including Warsaw and Vienna. Several Italian composers made their homes abroad. Poland's Prince Wladyslaw Vasa imported composers from Italy, while a former Italian monk, libretto composer Antonio Cesti, became a member of the court at Innsbruck in 1652. Cesti wrote an opera for the Habsburg court in 1668, which marked the beginning of Italian operatic dominance north of the Alps. Italian opera became the international style in the hands of composers such as Handel, Gluck and Mozart. Although local composers attempted to write operas in their own languages, this was not to be successful until centuries later. The 18th Century: Opera Seria vs Opera Buffa Towards the end of the 17th century a new genre, opera seria (serious opera), became dominant in Europe.

This was in response to the popularity of the Neapolitan invention, opera buffa (comic opera), that had spread throughout Italy during the mid 1700s. Opera Seria aimed for simplicity of style, classical themes, poetic ideals and life affirming values. Opera Buffa, on the other hand, owed much to farce and the Commedia dell'Arte, and featured simple plots, modest scenery, small casts and orchestras, colloquial language, plays on words, action and humor. But all this changed in the second half of the 18th century when playwright Carlo Goldoni and composer Baldassare Galuppi modified the comic opera form to include two to three acts, more complexity of plot and character, and social themes. Goldoni and Galuppi's most famous collaboration is Il Filosofo di Campagna (1754). Goldoni later collaborated with composer Niccolò Piccinni to create another new genre called opera semiseria, which typically featured two buffo characters, two serious characters and two in-between. Additionally, the one-act farsa (farce) was a condensed version of a comic opera that gradually evolved into a genre in its own right.

German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck later simplified opera seria in an attempt to avoid the traditional vocal embellishments and emphasis on spectacle. He advocated that the music must be subservient to the drama. Weber, Mozart and Wagner were all influenced by his approach. Mozart wrote a series of comedies, including Così Fan Tutte, The Marriage of Figaroand Don Giovanni (with Lorenzo Da Ponte) which remain among the popular operas today, but he was less successful when writing opera seria. The 19th Century: The Romantic Period In the early 19th century composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868) modified the dramatic excesses which typified the theater of his era to initiate opera's Romantic period. His first success was an opera buffa, La Cambiale di Matrimonio (1810), followed by The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola. He also wrote serious opera, including Otello (1816) and Guilliame Tell (1829).

Other notable Romantic Opera composers include: Vincenzo Bellini (1801–35) was born in Catania, Sicily, and known for his long-flowing melodies. Bellini is considered the quintessential composer of bel canto opera. Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848) was born in Bergamo, Lombardy, but wrote in Rome, Milan and Naples. Donizetti achieved some popular success in the 1820s but became famous throughout Europe when his Anna Bolena premiered in Milan. L'Elisir d'Amore, a comedy produced in 1832, is considered one of the masterpieces of 19th-centuryopera buffa, as is his Don Pasquale (1843). Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), is his most famous opera, and one of the high points of the bel canto tradition. Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. Verdi experimented with musical and dramatic forms, and transformed the whole nature of operatic writing during his career.

In 1877, he created Otello which is described by critics as the finest of Italian romantic operas. Verdi's last opera, Falstaff(1893), defied convention by using the patterns of ordinary speech. The 20th Century Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) wrote some of the greatest Italian operas of the 20th century, including Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, and Madame Butterfly. Born in Lucca in Tuscany, he enrolled in the Milan Conservatory in 1880. Manon Lescaut (1893), his third opera, was his first great success. La Bohème (1896) is considered one of his best works as well as one of the most romantic operas ever composed. It is, together with Tosca, one of the world's most popular operas. Madame Butterfly (1904) was initially panned, but was reworked to become another of his most successful operas. Puccini also wrote orchestral pieces, sacred music, chamber music and compositions for piano and voice.

Italian opera remains a popular form of entertainment throughout the world, with works by its most eminent composers being performed every day on a stage somewhere. The Three Tenors brought opera to the attention of the general populace, and many of us changed our minds about what this music had to offer. Whether we understand the lyrics or not, pieces like Nessun Dorma can affect us in a way that other music can't. In that moment, a long dead composer reaches across time and touches our souls. Jacopo Peri — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm classical Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) was an Italian singer, organist, and composer. He is credited with composing music for the first opera. He composed music for dramatic works, songs, and ricercars. He was a member of a group of poets and musicians known as the Florentine Camerata. The group is credited with creating the earliest operas. In 1598 Peri set the poem Dafne by Ottavio Rinnucini to music. It is the first opera . Only the music for the opera survives.

Quest 3 Composers at Kansas State University - StudyBlue StudyBlue Size: 6 Views: 16 Jacopo Peri 1561-1633. Italiant Composer. Referred to as the inventor of opera. Member of Camerata Florentino. Wrote Daphne e Eurydice. Claudio Monteverdi 1567-1643. Italian Composer. Wrote first great opera, L'Orfeo, which came at end of Renaissance and beginning of Baroque. Drew on wide range of styles and genres. Very specific about instrumentation. Advertisement ) Heinrich Schutz 1585-1672. German Composer. Studied with Gabrieli and Monteverdi. Wrote Symphoniae Sacrae. Composed first German Opera. Started out studying law before going to study composition. Biagio Marini 1594-1663. Italian composer. Wrote Sonata IV for violin and harpsichord which features idiomatic gestures for violin. Worked under Monteverdi. Barbara Strozzi 1619-1677. Italian Composer.

Adopted supposedly by biological father who really helped advance her compositions. Published more cantatas than any other composer of the time. Published 8 collections of vocal music. Girolamo Frescobaldi 1583-1643. Italian Composer. Focused on instrumental music to raise it to par with vocal music. Spent most of his life in Rome as organist of St. Peter's. Wrote Toccata No. 3. Advertisement * The material on this site is created by StudyBlue users. StudyBlue is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the academic institution or instructor. Words From Our Students "StudyBlue is great for studying. I love the study guides, flashcards and quizzes. So extremely helpful for all of my classes!" Alice , Arizona State University "I'm a student using StudyBlue, and I can 100% say that it helps me so much. Study materials for almost every subject in school are available in StudyBlue. It is so helpful for my education!" Tim , University of Florida "StudyBlue provides way more features than other studying apps, and thus allows me to learn very quickly!??I actually feel much more comfortable taking my exams after I study with this app.

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The two of them believed contemporary art was inferior to classical Greek and Roman works, and attempted to recreate Greek tragedy, as they understood it. Their work added to that of the Florentine Camerata of the previous decade, which produced the first experiments in monody, the solo song style over continuo bass which eventually developed into recitative and aria. Peri and Corsi brought in the poet Ottavio Rinuccini to write a text, and the result, Dafne, though nowadays thought to be a long way from anything the Greeks would have recognised, is seen as the first work in a new form, opera. Rinuccini and Peri next collaborated on Euridice. This was first performed on October 6, 1600, at the Palazzo Pitti. Unlike Dafne, it has survived to the present day (though it is hardly ever staged, and then only as an historical curio). The work made use of recitatives, a new development which went between the arias and choruses and served to move the action along. Peri produced a number of other operas, often in collaboration with other composers, and also wrote a number of other pieces for various court entertainments.

Few of his pieces are performed today, and even by the time of his death his operatic style was looking old-fashioned when compared to the work of relatively younger reformist composers such as Claudio Monteverdi. Peri’s influence on those later composers, however, was large. He lived from August 20, 1561, to August 12, 1633.— Excerpted from Wikipedia Books and Music $38.77 on Amazon “Richard Goldthwaite, an economic historian, and Tim Carter, a musicologist, have done much more than write a biography: their investigation exposes the remarkable value of Peri’s private account books and other financial documents as a primary source for an entire period. This record of Peri’s wide-ranging investments and activities in the marketplace enables the first detailed account of the Florentine economy in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and also opens a completely new perspective on one of Europe’s principal centers of capitalism.”—From the book description at Michael Shamansky, Bookseller Selected Music June 11, 2013 “Heinrich Schütz was Germany’s most significant composer before the age of Bach and Handel.

He represents the transition between not only two epochs but also two cultures.”—David Ewen, The Complete Book of Classical Music Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi. He wrote what is traditionally considered to be the first German opera, Dafne, performed at Torgau in 1627, the music of which has since been lost. Schütz’s compositions show the influence of his teacher Gabrieli (displayed most notably with Schütz’s use of polychoral and concertato styles) and of Monteverdi. Additionally, the influence of the Netherlandish composers of the 16th century is prominent in his work. His best known works are in the field of sacred music, ranging from solo voice with instrumental accompaniment to a cappella choral music. Representative works include his three books of Symphoniae sacrae, the Psalms of David, the Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz (the Seven Last Words on the Cross), and his three Passion settings.

Schütz’s music, while starting off in the most progressive styles early in his career, eventually grew into a style that is simple and almost austere, culminating with his late Passion settings. He was one of the last composers to write in a modal style. His harmonies often result from the contrapuntal alignment of voices rather than from any sense of “harmonic motion”; contrastingly, much of his music shows a strong tonal pull when approaching cadences. His music includes a great deal of imitation, but structured in such a way that the successive voices do not necessarily enter after the same number of beats or at predictable intervallic distances. Schütz’s writing often includes intense dissonances caused by the contrapuntal motion of voices moving in correct individual linear motion, but resulting in harmonic tension. Above all, his music displays sensitivity to the accents and meaning of the text, which is often conveyed using special technical figures drawn from musica poetica, themselves drawn from or created in analogy to the verbal figures of classical rhetoric.

Beyond the early book of madrigals, almost no secular music by Schütz has survived, save for a few domestic songs (arien) and no purely instrumental music at all (unless one counts the short instrumental movement entitled “sinfonia” that encloses the dialogue of Die sieben Worte), even though he had a reputation as one of the finest organists in Germany. Schütz was of great importance in bringing new musical ideas to Germany from Italy, and as such had a large influence on the German music which was to follow. The style of the North German organ school derives largely from him. A century later this music was to culminate in the work of J.S. Bach. He lived from October 18, 1585, to November 18, 1672.— Excerpted from Wikipedia The following are major published works. Access complete list on Wikipedia . There are more than 500 surviving pieces in all.

Il primo libro de madrigali (first book of madrigals) (opus 1, Venice, 1611) Psalmen Davids (Book 1) (opus 2, Dresden, 1619) Historia der … Aufferstehung … (The Resurrection) (opus 3, Dresden, 1623) Cantiones sacrae (opus 4, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1625) Becker Psalter (opus 5, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1628, revised 1661) Symphoniae sacrae (Book 1) (opus 6, Venice, 1629) Musikalische Exequien (opus 7, Dresden, 1636) Kleine geistliche Konzerte (Book 1) (opus 8, Leipzig, 1636) Kleine geistliche Konzerte (Book 2) (opus 9, Leipzig, 1639) Symphoniae sacrae (Book 2) (opus 10, Dresden, 1647)

 Geistliche Chor-Music (opus 11, Dresden, 1648) Symphoniae sacrae (Book 3) (opus 12, Dresden, 1650) Zwölf geistliche Gesänge (opus 13, Dresden, 1657) Historia, der … Geburt … Jesu Christi (The Nativity), (Dresden, 1664) Königs und Propheten 119er Psalm … (Psalm 119, Psalm 100, and German Magnificat: “Swan Song”] (opus ultimum, Dresden, 1671)— Excerpted from Wikipedia Psalms of David Notes and Commentary “Heinrich Schütz was Germany’s most significant composer before the age of Bach and Handel.

He represents the transition between not only two epochs but also two cultures.”—David Ewen, The Complete Book of Classical Music Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi. He wrote what is traditionally considered to be the first German opera, Dafne, performed at Torgau in 1627, the music of which has since been lost. Schütz’s compositions show the influence of his teacher Gabrieli (displayed most notably with Schütz’s use of polychoral and concertato styles) and of Monteverdi. Additionally, the influence of the Netherlandish composers of the 16th century is prominent in his work. His best known works are in the field of sacred music, ranging from solo voice with instrumental accompaniment to a cappella choral music. Representative works include his three books of Symphoniae sacrae, the Psalms of David, the Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz (the Seven Last Words on the Cross), and his three Passion settings.

Schütz’s music, while starting off in the most progressive styles early in his career, eventually grew into a style that is simple and almost austere, culminating with his late Passion settings. He was one of the last composers to write in a modal style. His harmonies often result from the contrapuntal alignment of voices rather than from any sense of “harmonic motion”; contrastingly, much of his music shows a strong tonal pull when approaching cadences. His music includes a great deal of imitation, but structured in such a way that the successive voices do not necessarily enter after the same number of beats or at predictable intervallic distances. Schütz’s writing often includes intense dissonances caused by the contrapuntal motion of voices moving in correct individual linear motion, but resulting in harmonic tension. Above all, his music displays sensitivity to the accents and meaning of the text, which is often conveyed using special technical figures drawn from musica poetica, themselves drawn from or created in analogy to the verbal figures of classical rhetoric.

Beyond the early book of madrigals, almost no secular music by Schütz has survived, save for a few domestic songs (arien) and no purely instrumental music at all (unless one counts the short instrumental movement entitled “sinfonia” that encloses the dialogue of Die sieben Worte), even though he had a reputation as one of the finest organists in Germany. Schütz was of great importance in bringing new musical ideas to Germany from Italy, and as such had a large influence on the German music which was to follow. The style of the North German organ school derives largely from him. A century later this music was to culminate in the work of J.S. Bach. He lived from October 18, 1585, to November 18, 1672.— Excerpted from Wikipedia Books and Music More Heinrich Schütz music Complete Works The following are major published works. Access complete list on Wikipedia . There are more than 500 surviving pieces in all.

Il primo libro de madrigali (first book of madrigals) (opus 1, Venice, 1611) Psalmen Davids (Book 1) (opus 2, Dresden, 1619) Historia der … Aufferstehung … (The Resurrection) (opus 3, Dresden, 1623) Cantiones sacrae (opus 4, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1625) Becker Psalter (opus 5, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1628, revised 1661) Symphoniae sacrae (Book 1) (opus 6, Venice, 1629) Musikalische Exequien (opus 7, Dresden, 1636) Kleine geistliche Konzerte (Book 1) (opus 8, Leipzig, 1636) Kleine geistliche Konzerte (Book 2) (opus 9, Leipzig, 1639) Symphoniae sacrae (Book 2) (opus 10, Dresden, 1647)

 Geistliche Chor-Music (opus 11, Dresden, 1648) Symphoniae sacrae (Book 3) (opus 12, Dresden, 1650) Zwölf geistliche Gesänge (opus 13, Dresden, 1657) Historia, der … Geburt … Jesu Christi (The Nativity), (Dresden, 1664) Königs und Propheten 119er Psalm … (Psalm 119, Psalm 100, and German Magnificat: “Swan Song”] (opus ultimum, Dresden, 1671)— Excerpted from Wikipedia TIMELINE OF WORLD HISTORY TIMELINE OF WORLD HISTORY Composer Jacopo Peri in his performance costume of Arion in the 5.

intermedio of La Pellegrina (1589). Jacopo Peri (20 August 1561 ï¿½ 12 August 1633) was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote the first work to be called an opera today, Dafne (around 1597), and also the first opera to have survived to the present day, Euridice (1600). Peri was born in Rome, but studied in Florence with Cristofano Malvezzi, and went on to work in a number of churches there, both as an organist and as a singer. He subsequently began to work in the Medici court, first as a tenor singer and keyboard player, and later as a composer. His earliest works were incidental music for plays, intermedi and madrigals. In the 1590s, Peri became associated with Jacopo Corsi, the leading patron of music in Florence. They believed contemporary art was inferior to classical Greek and Roman works, and decided to attempt to recreate Greek tragedy, as they understood it.

Their work added to that of the Florentine Camerata of the previous decade, which produced the first experiments in monody, the solo song style over continuo bass which eventually developed into recitative and aria. Peri and Corsi brought in the poet Ottavio Rinuccini to write a text, and the result, Dafne, though nowadays thought to be a long way from anything the Greeks would have recognised, is seen as the first work in a new form, opera. Rinuccini and Peri next collaborated on Euridice. This was first performed on 6 October 1600 at the Palazzo Pitti. Unlike Dafne, it has survived to the present day (though it is hardly ever staged, and then only as an historical curio). The work made use of recitatives, a new development which went between the arias and choruses and served to move the action along. Peri produced a number of other operas, often in collaboration with other composers (such as La Flora with Marco da Gagliano), and also wrote a number of other pieces for various court entertainments.

Few of his pieces are still performed today, and even by the time of his death his operatic style was looking rather old-fashioned when compared to the work of relatively younger reformist composers such as Claudio Monteverdi. Peri's influence on those later composers, however, was large. Presto Classical - Composer: Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) - Buy music CDs & DVDs online Marc Mauillon (voice) & Angélique Mauillon (arpa) Florence, 1600: Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri, two virtuoso singers and rival composers. Striving to rediscover the expressive powers of ancient Greek tragedy, they revolutionized the art of singing and created a new style, which eventually would give birth to opera. In reaction to Renaissance polyphony, these monodies were intended to be sung with the simple accompaniment of a plucked intsrument in order to express the full range of human passions. Peri and Caccini would often accompany themselves but they would also perform with certain family members. Thus brother and sister in this duo follow most naurally a tradition passed on by those great musicians.

“The Mauillons give a pleasingly natural rendition of the ubiquitous ‘Amarilli, mia bella’…Marc Mauillon’s ardently nuanced singing takes its cue directly from Caccini’s advice about sprezzatura, instructing that the singer must give intelligent performances with an appearance of ease…Angélique Mauillon accompanies exquisitely” Gramophone Magazine, May 2016 Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass) & Anthony Rooley (lute) Anthony Rooley writes: ‘In the mid-1970s this humble lute-player had theatrical pretensions! I realized quite early on in my performing career that audiences generally needed more help to “get inside” the beautiful obscure music I was discovering, and if their appetite was to be fostered, a new dimension in the manner of presentation had to be found.

‘Quite unexpectedly, I discovered it in some of the most obscure music I had hitherto worked with – duets and dialogues from the mouths of nymphs and shepherds, created for a court circle of nobility who thoroughly enjoyed adopting the manners and playfulness of what was regarded as suitable for “pastoral customs” from the ancient world of Arcadia. ‘To revive this art-form meant urging my singers to adopt appropriate characters – lamenting nymphs, raunchy shepherds, hard-done by Goddesses or erotic Gods – and done with a degree of theatricality not yet seen in the “early music revival” of the 1970s. Performances were noted for their strait-laced manner – but now we had to step out and “be” someone, be playful and passionate. Early music was never quite the same after that!’ This collection gathers together some of the most delectable of 17th century duets both from England as well as from Italy. Any Emma Kirkby recording is an event, and this reissue, making its first appearance on CD, will be no exception. Also issued on CD for the first time is Amorous Dialogues, the companion recording to Pastoral Dialogues.

The extensive booklet includes the original notes, a new introduction by Anthony Rooley and full texts and translations. La Fenice, Jean Tubery These seven discs recorded between 1995 and 2000 make up a fabulous anthology of early seventeenth-century Italian music. A large number of composers are gathered round the central figure of Claudio Monteverdi; while some of them, like Salomone Rossi, Biagio Marini and Dario Castello, are among the musicians with whom he worked in Mantua or Venice, others illustrate the extraordinary musical creativity of the period, whether it be Sigismondo d’India, Tarquinio Merula, Francesco Cavalli, Alessandro Grandi, or so many other lesser-known personalities, each of whom helped to build the rapidly growing edifice of Italian Baroque music.

Question: Italian Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) is regarded as the inventor of?
Answer: Opera