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Italian Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi ((1567-1643) showed the way for other composers leaving Medieval style behind. His madrigals went from four balanced parts to soprano-exalted with basso continuo. In opera, he made his greatest contribution: Montiverdi was the first to specify what instruments were to be used. He began this with his first opera, Orpheus. Before his time, this wasn't necessary, but that changed when he began writing for 40 instruments.

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• Classic Cat: Monteverdi

  http://www.classiccat.net/monteverdi_c/
  Directory of mp3s on the internet that have been made available by their performing artists.

• Classical Archives - Claudio Monteverdi

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/3032.html
  Biography and works offered in MIDI.

• Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List: Monteverdi

  http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/monteverdi.php
  Representative works with discography.

• Claudio Monteverdi

  http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/bar/index.htm#monteverdi
  Biographical listing with others from the Baroque Period with portrait and RA audio files. From the Internet Public Library's Music History 102.

• Claudio Monteverdi

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi
  Wikipedia article positing him as a major transitional character between the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Includes portrait, summary of works, discography, internal references, and links.

• Claudio Monteverdi

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7571&pt=Claudio+Monteverdi
  Find A Grave listing with biographical material, portrait, pictures of his grave in Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (also the burial site of Antonio Canova and Titian), and interactive memorial.

• Claudio Monteverdi

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599669/
  Filmography showing cinematic and televised use of his works and productions of his operas from the Internet Movie Database.

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

  http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=5090
  Listing at the Lied and Art Song Texts Page with links to Italian texts, most with English translations.

• Claudio Monteverdi: The First Truly Great Composer

  http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=20
  Brief biography, key works, timeline, quotes, recommended recordings, and additional resources and links.

• Milestones of the Millennium: Claudio Monteverdi

  http://npr.org/programs/specials/milestones/990519.motm.monteverdi.html
  Brief article from NPR.

• Monteverdi, Claudio

  http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/monteverdi.html
  Brief biographical note.

• Monteverdi, Claudio (1567 - 1643), Italy

  http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/monteverdi1643.html
  Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays.

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