Monteverdi
Italian vocal music, text setting, “L’Orfeo”
Frescobaldi
Italian keyboard music, tocattas
Schutz
German church music, Kapellmeister
Lully
French opera, court ballets, modern orchestra
Purcell
British court musician, “Dido and Aeneas”
Buxtehude
German organist, influenced Bach
Corelli
Italian violinist, established standard
Vivaldi
Venice, “Red Priest,” 500 concertos, “Four Seasons”
Rameau
French theorist, organist, operas and ballets