Jacopo Peri (20 August 1561 – 12 August 1633) was a composer often credited with composing the first opera.
[For last year's entry, also on Peri, click here.]
Peri Phrases
In Music History 101
You’ll learn how opera was begun.
They’ll be a lecture with a lotta
Info on the Camerata.
And then you’ll find it’s customary
To hear a little bit by Peri.
And students, when they hear his score,
Have never asked to hear some more.
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