Emilio de’ Cavalieri played a remarkable role in the musical world of Medici Florence. As composer, organiser and court musician, he helped develop the expressive solo style and theatrical experiments that contributed to the emergence of opera around 1600. […]
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Born in Florence in 1760, Luigi Cherubini rose from Tuscany’s musical world to become one of the most respected composers in Paris. His operas, sacred works and influence on Beethoven reveal a remarkable Florentine contribution to European music. […]
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Vincenzo Galilei was far more than the father of Galileo. As a musician, theorist and member of the Florentine Camerata, he challenged established musical traditions and helped create the intellectual environment from which opera emerged in Florence. […]
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Jacopo Peri stood at the centre of Florence’s musical revolution around 1600. His Dafne is widely regarded as the first opera, while Euridice is the earliest surviving opera whose music has come down to us substantially complete. […]
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Francesca Caccini was one of the most remarkable musicians of 17th-century Florence. A composer, singer and teacher at the Medici court, she created the earliest surviving opera written by a woman and built an extraordinary career in a male-dominated musical world. […]
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Giulio Caccini was one of the musicians who transformed Florence around 1600 into the birthplace of opera. Discover his role in the Florentine Camerata, the Medici court and the development of expressive solo singing. […]
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