Claudio Monteverdi (jan 1, 1567 – jan 1, 1643)
Description:
was an Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest. A composer of 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.The chromaticism and dissonance treatment found in madrigals was the source of
consternation for some sixteenth-century composers.
a. The most famous instance is Cruda Amarilli by Claudio Monteverdi, attacked
in print by Giovanni Maria Artusi.
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Date:
jan 1, 1567
jan 1, 1643
~ 76 years