Jacopo Peri
Italian composer and singer (1561–1633) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jacopo Peri (20 August 1561 – 12 August 1633) was an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.[1] He wrote what is considered the first opera, the mostly lost Dafne (c. 1597), and also the earliest extant opera, Euridice (1600).
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Born | 20 August 1561 |
Died | 12 August 1633(1633-08-12) (aged 71) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
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He is sometimes known by the byname lo Zazzerino (lit. 'the blond one').[2]