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Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) was an Italian singer, organist, and composer. He is credited with composing music for the first opera. He composed music for dramatic works, songs, and ricercars. He was a member of a group of poets and musicians known as the Florentine Camerata. The group is credited with creating the earliest operas. In 1598 Peri set the poem Dafne by Ottavio Rinnucini to music. It is the first opera. Only the music for the opera survives. In 1600 Peri set the poem Euridice, also by Rinnucini, to music. Deviating from his contemporary, Giulio Caccini, who also set the poem to music, Peri sought a kind of speech-song, a style he hoped would resemble the ancient Greek oratory style. He would write a vocal line that moved through consonances and dissonances accompanied by basso continuo. This style would develop into the recitative style of Baroque and Classical opera. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Uccidimi, dolore (Slay me, Grief)
1,6062Al fonte al prato (To the spring, to the meadow)
1,0103Se tu parti da me (If you leave me)
9344Lungi dal vostro lume (Far from your light)
9135Euridice, Scena I: Per quel vago boschetto
7946Euridice, Prologo - La Tragedia: Io che d'alti sospir
3977Euridice, Scena I: Nel pur ardor de la più bella stella
2648Euridice, Scena I: Ninfe che i bei crin d'oro
2389Euridice, Scena I: Donne ch'ai miei lamenti
21010Euridice, Scena I: Al canto al ballo
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Peri: Euridice
THE ITALIAN DRAMATIC LAMENT

Peri: Euridice (Live)

il Zazzerino - Music of Jacopo Peri

Il Zazzerino: Music of Jacopo Peri

Euridice
Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music-Volume 1 (Disc 4)

Peri: L'Euridice (Le musiche sopra "L'Euridice" di Ottavio Rinuccini rappresentate nello Sposalizio della Cristianissima Maria de' Medici di Francia e di Navarra - 1600)
Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music-Volume 1 [Disc 4]

EURIDICE cd-1

EURIDICE cd-2
Stravaganza d'Amore! The Birth of Opera at the Medici Court