Claudio Monteverdi

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Baptized	May 15, 1567
Died	November 29, 1643 • Venice • Italy
Notable Works	“L’Arianna” • “La favola d’Orfeo” • “Licoris Who Feigned Madness” • “Madrigals of War and Love” • “Movete al mio bel suon” • “The Combat of Tancredi and Clorinda” • “The Coronation of Poppea” • “The Return of Ulysses to His Country” • “Tirsi e Clori” • “Vespro della Beata Vergine”
Movement / Style	Baroque art and architecture • Baroque music • Late Renaissance • Renaissance art • Renaissance

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