Note 132 — Chapter XI · THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA AND ORATORIO

Jacopo Peri (b. Florence, Aug. 20, 1561, d. there Aug. 12, 1633) was a pupil of Christoforo Malvezzi. He became chief director of music at the court of Florence under Francesco, Ferdinand I and Cosimo II de Medici. Besides his Dafne and Euridice, he published Le varie musiche del Sig. Jacopo Peri, etc. (1609), the recitatives for Monteverdi’s Arianna, a war-play (barriera), La precedenza delle dame, and a part of Gagliano’s opera, La Flora.