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Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi[ n 1 ] (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) 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 crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history.
[9] [10] [11] Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the bulk of the Rigveda Samhita was composed in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent (see Rigvedic rivers), most likely between c. 1500 and 1000 BCE, [12] [13] [14] although a wider approximation of c. 1900–1200 BCE has also been given. [15] [16] [note 1]
Felix Mendelssohn aged 12 (1821) by Carl Joseph Begas. Felix Mendelssohn was born on 3 February 1809, in Hamburg, at the time an independent city-state, [n 4] in the same house where, a year later, the dedicatee and first performer of his Violin Concerto, Ferdinand David, would be born. [4]
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈhændəl / HAN-dəl; [ a ] baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, [ b ]German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) [ 3 ][ c ] was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.
Lists of classical composers. by era and century. Medieval. (500–1400) Renaissance. (1400–1600) Baroque. (1600–1760) Classical.
Gustav Mahler (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈmaːlɐ]; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a ...
During the 9th century, several important developments took place. First, there was a major effort by the Church to unify the many chant traditions and suppress many of them in favor of the Gregorian liturgy. Second, the earliest polyphonic music was sung, a form of parallel singing known as organum.
Arcangelo Corelli (/ kəˈrɛli /, [ 1 ][ 2 ]also UK: / kɒˈ -/, [ 3 ] US: / kɔːˈ -, koʊˈ -/, [ 3 ][ 4 ]Italian: [arˈkandʒelo koˈrɛlli]; 17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713) [ 5 ] was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. His music was key in the development of the modern genres of sonata and concerto, in establishing ...