Note 131 — Chapter XI · THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA AND ORATORIO
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Giulio Caccini (surnamed Romano), b. Rome ca. 1550; d. 1618 in Florence, where he had lived since 1564 and was employed at court as a singer. During the winter of 1604-1605 he sojourned in Paris at the request of Queen Maria (de Medici). Besides the works mentioned in our text, he wrote Fuggilotio musicale (madrigals, etc.) and a sequel to his Nuove musiche.