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CACCINI, GIULIO (1558-1615?)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 924 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CACCINI, GIULIO (1558-1615?) , See also:Italian musical composer, also known as Giulio Romano, but to be distinguished from the painter of that name, was See also:born at See also:Rome about 1558, and in 1578 entered the service of the See also:grand See also:duke of See also:Tuscany at See also:Florence. He collaborated with J. See also:Peri in the See also:early attempts at musical See also:drama which were the ancestors of See also:modern See also:opera (Dafne, 1594, and Euridice, 1600), produced at Florence by the circle of musicians and amateurs which met at the houses of G. Bardi and Corsi. He also published in 16o1 Le nuove musiche, a collection of songs which is of See also:great importance in the See also:history of singing as well as in that of the transition See also:period of musical See also:composition. He was a lyric composer rather than a dramatist like Peri, and the genuine beauty of his See also:works makes them acceptable even at the See also:present See also:day.

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