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#REDIRECT [[Florentine Camerata]] |
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The '''[[Florence|Florentine]] Camerata''' was an influential group of primarily [[composer|composers]] and [[poet|poets]] who were active during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries A.D. |
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The group included artists such as [[Jacopo Peri]], [[Giulio Caccini]], and [[Ottavio Rinuccini]]. The group met under the auspices of the Florentine count Giovanni Bardi (1534-1612). The members of the Camerata were disappointed with the direction [[music]] was taking at that time, specifically with [[melisma]] and types of [[polyphony]] that obscured the lyrics of [[song|songs]] or [[aria|arias]]. They advocated a return to a [[Greco-Roman]] model of the [[theater]]. Members of the Florentine Camerata eventually produced the first [[opera]], ''Euridice,'' with text by Rinuccini and music by Peri. They also created a style of music, known as the ''Second Practice,'' which emphasized simple melodies with modest embellishments. During the [[Baroque]] period the Second Practice effectively replaced the ideas of the ''First Practice'', which advocated [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] techniques like those used by [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]]. |
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== Literature == |
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Henry, Earl, and Michael Rogers. "Tonality and Design in Music Theory Vol. II." Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005. |
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[[Category:Baroque composers]] |
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[[Category:Renaissance composers]] |
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Revision as of 04:06, 5 November 2005
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