Claudio Monteverdi

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Baroque composer Italian composer Renaissance composer composer human opera composer

Claudio Monteverdi was an influential Italian composer whose innovative works helped bridge the Renaissance and Baroque eras and played a crucial role in the early development of opera.

Aliases (1)

Monteverdi ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque composer → Italian composer → Renaissance composer → composer → human → opera composer →
countryOfCitizenship	Duchy of Mantua → Republic of Venice →
dateOfBirth	1567-05-15 →
dateOfDeath	1643-11-29 →
educatedAt	Cremona Cathedral →
employer	Basilica di San Marco → Gonzaga court in Mantua →
endTime	1643 →
familyName	Monteverdi →
genre	madrigal → opera → sacred music →
givenName	Claudio →
hasPart	Eight books of madrigals → Ninth book of madrigals →
influenced	Francesco Cavalli → Heinrich Schütz → later Baroque opera composers →
influencedBy	Giaches de Wert → Philippe de Monte →
languageOfWorkOrName	Italian →
movement	Baroque music → Renaissance music →
nativeLanguage	Italian →
notableAchievement	bridged Renaissance and Baroque musical styles → helped establish opera as a major musical genre →
notableWork	Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria → L'Orfeo → L'incoronazione di Poppea → Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi → Vespro della Beata Vergine →
occupation	choirmaster → composer → singer → violinist →
placeOfBirth	Cremona → Duchy of Milan →
placeOfDeath	Republic of Venice → Venice →
positionHeld	maestro di cappella at San Marco, Venice →
religion	Catholicism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Claudia Cattaneo →
startTime	1613 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Claudio Monteverdi ("Monteverdi") →	familyName
Baroque →	hasNotableComposer