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# Claudio Monteverdi

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Portrait of Claudio Monteverdi in Venice, 1640

Claudio Monteverdi (b.Cremona, 1567; d.Venice 29 Nov.1643) was the most important composer of the early Baroque period. He lived at a time of great change in musical style. The first opera ever written was composed in 1597 by a composer called Caccini who is not remembered much nowadays. Just eleven years later Monteverdi wrote an opera Orfeo which was a really great work. Other important operas of his are Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. He wrote 9 books of madrigals during the years that he was alive. He also wrote a lot of church music including the 1610 Vespers. He was director of music at St Mark’s, Venice, which was the most important musical job in Italy.

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Categories: Italian composers | Baroque composers | 1567 births | 1643 deaths

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