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Claudio Monteverdi - Biography
Claudio Monteverdi (May 15, 1567 (baptised) – November 29, 1643) was an Italiancomposer, violinist and singer.
His work marks the transition from Renaissance to Baroque music.
During his long life he produced work that can be classified in both categories, and he was one of the most significant revolutionaries that brought about the change in style. Monteverdi wrote the earliest dramatically viable opera, Orfeo, and was fortunate enough to enjoy fame during his lifetime.
He was born in Cremona in northern Italy.
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In childhood he studied with Marc Antonio Ingegneri, who was maestro di cappella at the cathedral in Cremona. Since there is no record of him singing in the cathedral choir, the music lessons must have been private. Monteverdi produced his first music for publication—some motets and sacred madrigals—in only 1582 and 1583, so he must have been something of a child prodigy.
In 1587 he produced his first book of secular
