Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, active in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
He is considered a pivotal figure in the transition between musical eras, particularly for his development of opera as an art form.
His *L'Orfeo* (1607) is often regarded as the first great opera.
Monteverdi also made significant contributions to the madrigal form and sacred music.
Unaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
- St. Mark'sVenetian Byzantine basilica
choral · vocal · Renaissance · Baroque · recitative · monody · counterpoint · cantata
Opera's written words
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- recitativeSpeechlike operatic singing
- prologueIntroductory literary section
chorus · Penelope · pastoral · tragedy · mythology · theater · Venice · spectacle
European cultural reawakening
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- CremonaNorthern Italian violin-making city
- GonzagaPrivate Catholic university
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
St. Mark's · court composer · 1567 · seventeenth century · transition · patronage · ducal · republic
Music that illustrates lyrics
- polyphonicHaving multiple melodic lines
- PetrarchMedieval Italian lyric poet
- lamentMournful expression of grief
- chromaticRelating to color
dissonance · concerted · love poetry · pastoral · affections · dramatic · expressive
madrigal
Unaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
St. Mark's · choral · vocal · Renaissance · Baroque · recitative · monody · counterpoint · cantata · Mass
libretto
Opera's written words
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- recitativeSpeechlike operatic singing
prologue · chorus · Penelope · pastoral · tragedy · mythology · theater · Venice · spectacle
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- CremonaNorthern Italian violin-making city
- GonzagaPrivate Catholic university
Venice · St. Mark's · court composer · 1567 · seventeenth century · transition · patronage · ducal · republic · Italian
word painting
Music that illustrates lyrics
- polyphonicHaving multiple melodic lines
- PetrarchMedieval Italian lyric poet
- lamentMournful expression of grief
chromatic · dissonance · concerted · love poetry · pastoral · affections · dramatic · expressive
- ComposersBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn
- Italian IconsLeonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante, Galileo, Marco Polo
- Baroquebaroque music, baroque art, Bernini, Bach, Handel
- Baroque MusicBach, Vivaldi, Handel, harpsichord, Vivaldi Four Seasons
- 17th Century FiguresOliver Cromwell, Louis XIV, Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Rembrandt
- Baroque ItalyVenice, Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan
MonteverdiJohn Cage
Prepared piano inventor
Schoenberg · Wagner · Mahler · Stravinsky · Philip Glass
MonteverdiWagner
German Romantic opera composer
Bruckner · Mahler · Berlioz · symphonists