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Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) was an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist who wrote the first opera, Dafne, and the earliest extant opera, Euridice. He was influenced by the Florentine Camerata and collaborated with poets such as Ottavio Rinuccini.
Aug 16, 2024 · Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) was a pioneer of Baroque opera, collaborating with poets and musicians to create La Dafne (1598) and L'Euridice (1600). Learn more about his life, works, and influence on the history of opera.
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Peri was probably born in Rome, but studied in Florence with Cristofano Malvezzi, and went on to work in a number of churches there, both as an organist and as a singer. He subsequently began to work in the Medicicourt, first as a tenor singer and keyboard player, and later as a composer. His earliest works were incidental music for plays and madri...
Peri produced a number of other operas, often in collaboration with other composers, and also wrote many other pieces for various court entertainments. None of his pieces are performed today, and even by the time of his death his operatic style was looking rather old fashioned when compared to the work of relatively younger reformist composers such...
Carter, Tim. Jacopo Peri, 1561-1633: his life and works. NY: Garland Pub., 1989. ISBN 0-824-02346-3MacClintock, Carol. The solo song, 1580-1730. NY: W.W. Norton, 1973. ISBN 0-393-09982-2Palisca, Calude V. Humanism in Italian Renaissance musical thought. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. ISBN 0-300-03302-8Sadie, Stanley, ed. "Jacopo Peri," in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. ISBN 1-56159-174-2Jacopo Peri was an Italian composer and singer who is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote the first opera to survive to the present day, Euridice, and influenced the development of the dramatic vocal style of the early Baroque opera.
Dec 26, 2018 · A review of the oldest surviving opera, Euridice by Jacopo Peri, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. Learn about the historical context, the musical style, and the plot of this 1600 Florentine masterpiece.
Apr 16, 2024 · Learn about the life and music of Jacopo Peri, the composer who created the first opera ever performed. Discover how he innovated the operatic genre with his use of recitative, melody and...
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Jun 26, 2023 · Jacopo Peri (1561–1633) - Euridice [Ensemble Arpeggio, Choruses of Hades, Roberto De Caro] [1/2]1. 00:00:00 "Prologo": Io, Che D'Alti Sospir Vaga E Di Pianti...
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A biographical and musical study of Jacopo Peri, the composer of Dafne and Euridice, who is often credited as the 'inventor' of opera. The article explores his career, his sources, his style, and his legacy in the context of the Florentine musical scene of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
