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JACOPO PERI
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Italian composer, pupil of Malvezzi, and singer. Entered service of
Medici court 1588 and Mantuan court from early 1600s. Probably one of
group of poets and musicians associated in Florence with Jacopo Corsi
and Count Bardi in last quarter of the 16th century, and whose interest
in reviving elements of German drama led to composition in monodic
style of what is regarded as the first opera or musical drama, Dafne
(1594-1598), to which Peri contributed the recitatives and some other
items in collaboration with Corsi.
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This was followed by Euridice
(1600), parts of which were composed by Peri's rival Caccini. Peri
later wrote other operas, some in collaboration, ballets, madrigals,
etc., only a few of which survive. Organist at Badia, Florence,
1579-1606.
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