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Italian Baroque composer Stefano Landi (c. 1590-1639) receives credit for the first Roman opera, the groundbreaking Il Sant'Alessio, as well as madrigals, arias, psalms, masses, and motets.
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Landi, Stefano
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Biography showing education, appointments, and significant works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
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Sant'Alessio (St Alexis)
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Background on the first Roman opera, which helped define the genre of religious operas.
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Stefano Landi
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Brief biography with links to further information on monody and the vocal concerto and the cantata from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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Stefano Landi (1586?7-1639)
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Listing from The Lied and Art Song Texts Page with Italian text to the song Piansi un tempo.
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