Carissimi, Giacomo

Carissimi, Giacomo

Period: Baroque

Born: Monday, April 18, 1605 in Marino, Italy

Died: Friday, January 12, 1674 in Rome, Italy

Nation of Origin: Italy

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Major Works:
Oratorios including Jephte (1650)

Other Information:

General Bibliography:
Bukofzer, Manfred F., Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi to Bach, W.W. Norton & Company, November 1947, ISBN: 0393097455

Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629

Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December 1990, ISBN: 0130584967

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257


Links to essays at other sites:


Baroque Music
by Claude V. Palisca

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Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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