MUSC 1060 Study Guide - Final Guide: Program Music, Joseph Ii, Holy Roman Emperor, Aria
9 Dec 2017
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The first one : creator of opera and composition of dramatic music, theorist vincenzo grililei, writer ottavio rinuccini, classicist girolamo meo. Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the baroque and renaissance period: often referred to as the inventor of opera . Farinelli: 1705-1782, composed the greatest castrato (classical male singing voice, greatest voice of his time, handel ends up driving himself into bankruptcy trying to compete with farinelli. George frederic handel (1685-1759: born in germany, moved in 1703 to hambourg, which had an opera house lives in florence and spends some time in rome. Johann sebastian bach (1685-1750: born into a family with many musicians, bach stayed in a very small geographically area, lots of jobs all over europe (arnstadt, weimar, cothen, leipzig, had two children, j. c. bach and c. p. e. Bach: these two kids would go on to be prominent composers once he passed away.
