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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Baroque Period
Opera in the Baroque Era

Web Resources

The Florentine Camerata

http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Student_Work/Florence96/camerata.html

A brief description of this group, which was influential in the development of the Baroque Opera.

The Recitative

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/g_recitative.html

A brief discussion of the recitative form in music, and the history of its application in European music, from the Classical Music pages.

Evolution of Opera

http://members.tripod.com/~dorakmt/music/opera.html

A brief on line discussion of baroque period influences in opera.

Questions



1

Describe the influence of the Florentine Camerata on the development of opera.
2

What role did the recitative form play in development of early opera?
3

How did composers of the Baroque period influence the development of the opera.








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