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| 1598 | Dafne, one of the first operas, is performed at Florence. |
| Landgrave Moritz of Hessen-Kassel hears 14-year-old Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672) sing at his family's inn and brings him to Kassel for training, thus beginning the musical career of one of Germany's greatest Baroque composers. | |
| 1605 | Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi publishes his Fifth Book of Madrigals. In the introduction he distinguishes the older musical styles of writing for voices in counterpoint as the "first practice"; the "second practice," in which the text dominates and sets the rules for the music, marks the new style of Baroque music. |
| 1608 | The organist and composer Girolamo Frescobaldi, a native of Ferrara, is named organist of the Cappella Giulia of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. |
| Claudio Monteverdi is appointed director of music at San Marco in Venice. | |
| 1618 | The Thirty Years' War begins in the Holy Roman Empire. This extended era... |
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