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Early Baroque Music
From the 1590s to around 1600, European music transitioned from late Renaissance polyphony to early Baroque style: the Florentine Camerata promoted m…
Timeline
- 1590–1598Florence · FlorenceIn the 1590s, members of the Florentine Camerata replaced complex polyphony with solo singing accompanied by basso continuo, advocating a return to ancient Greek dramatic musical expression and laying practical foundations for later opera and recitative style.
- 1599–1600Mantua and Florence · ItalyIn 1599 Monteverdi published his Fifth Book of Madrigals, where harmonic dissonance and chromatic motion heightened dramatic tension; in 1600 Peri and Caccini's Euridice was staged in Florence, presenting a complete mythological narrative through monodic recitative over continuo accompaniment, marking the formation of early Baroque musical genres.
Sources
- Music in the Baroque Era — Manfred F. Bukofzer (1947)
- L'Euridice — Jacopo Peri (1600)