барокко

барокко

The period in music history that spans from ca. 1600 to 1750. During the Baroque period, opera was born through the efforts of the Florentine Camerata and operas of Monteverdi (Orfeo). Late Baroque operas would include those of G. F. Handel (Rinaldo).

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