Claudio Monteverdi

✶May 25, 1567

†November 29, 1643

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About their life

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history.

Italian composer (1567–1643)

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