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On This Day… October 6

October 6, 2008December 22, 2012 by Ben Clapton, posted in Archive, Music, On This Day

Today we look at a pivotal moment in music history, the beginning of the baroque. On October 6, 1600, Jacopo Peri’s opera Euridice was premiered. This is the earliest known surviving opera, and is used by many historians to mark the beginning of the Baroque period. Continue reading “On This Day… October 6” →

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