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Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, violinist and singer. Henry Purcell was one of England's finest composers. Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian priest and composer. Vivaldi's music was in the Baroque tradition, but the composer adopted a number of innovations into traditional Baroque music schemes. In his works he invented melodies and themes, including harmonic contrasts, rhythmic structure and bright and joyful music. Baroque music typically focuses on the contrast of heavy sonorities and Vivaldi helped evolve a more impressionist style in his works, often considered to be a forerunner of romantic musicians like Bach. According to one music historian, Vivaldi's concertos were in the "Italian style" and he was considered "a master of melodic invention and the projection of a sense of drama" (Antonio, p. 1).

Vivaldi's works demonstrate a variety of approaches to the Baroque genre, ones written for a wide range of instrument and instrument combinations. The Baroque style is also evident in the works of Monteverdi, but Monteverdi composed between the Renaissance and Baroque periods and his works includes those that can be categorized in both genres. Monteverdi's music helped bring about the shift from the Renaissance to the Baroque style in composition. Monteverdi worked on madrigals for most of his early career and divided musical practice into two categories, the "prima prattica" and the "seconda prattica" (Claudio, p. 148). Prima prattica was chara

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