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Information: Italian Baroque composer Stefano Landi (c. 1590-1639) receives credit for the first Roman opera, the groundbreaking Il Sant'Alessio, as well as madrigals, arias, psalms, masses, and motets.
Landi, Stefano Sites:
Stefano Landi (1586?7-1639) Stefano Landi (1586?7-1639): Listing from The Lied and Art Song Texts Page with Italian text to the song Piansi un tempo. (Landi, Stefano) http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1321
Landi, Stefano Landi, Stefano: Biography showing education, appointments, and significant works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. (Landi, Stefano) http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5158
Stefano Landi Stefano Landi: Brief biography with links to further information on monody and the vocal concerto and the cantata from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program. (Landi, Stefano) http://www.hoasm.org/VD/Landi.html
Sant'Alessio (St Alexis) Sant'Alessio (St Alexis): Background on the first Roman opera, which helped define the genre of religious operas. (Landi, Stefano) http://www.naxos.com/NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Sant'Alessio(St_Alexis).htm
Additional
Information: Italian Baroque composer Stefano Landi (c. 1590-1639) receives credit for the first Roman opera, the groundbreaking Il Sant'Alessio, as well as madrigals, arias, psalms, masses, and motets.
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