Claudio Monteverdi
Italy, 1587–1643
The composer who carried music from Renaissance polyphony into the Baroque. L'Orfeo (1607) is the first great opera; his madrigals declared the 'second practice' where text commands harmony.
Italy, 1587–1643
The composer who carried music from Renaissance polyphony into the Baroque. L'Orfeo (1607) is the first great opera; his madrigals declared the 'second practice' where text commands harmony.