Took over French Opera

 First did comedie ballet

through legal process and in cahoots with king owned all opera in france

wrote armide 

use homophony

liked seconda prattica

wrote operas, actually wrote first opera, but all music is lost 

wrote Euridice that was performed first

 used seconda prattica

big on monody 

wrote first opera that worked, Orfeo

great composer, liked to try new styles 

one of the greatest english composers

wrote dido and aeneas, only opera he wrote

loved semi operas

no men 

wrote biggest opera ever

Il pomo d' oro (the golden apple) 

One of the most prolific composers ever

Wrote disgustingly large amounts of music

Many, many, many cantatas

Changed music, and his effects are still felt today 

wrote opera seria

red priest

wrote for the girls school at which he taught

wrote many concertos, but not much difference in them... 

very important keyboard composer of baroque era

cultivated virtusally every keybaord genre of his era 

best organist of his day

much of his organs work are part of the standard rep of today 

wrote French Opera

 major theorist

great organist and harpsichordist

wrote great harpsichord music 

Alceste

Reform Opera 

Music was wonderfully elaborate and ahead of its time

 he was annoying

a young prodigy

wrote music in head before writing it

wrote an astonishing amount of music

explored every genre of opera 

wrote symphonies and string quartets

father of both 

Wrote Songs

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