Classical Music / Composers Datebook: April 18
Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer, was baptized April 18, 1605 in Marino. He contributed to the development of the sacred oratorio.
Achievements generally ascribed to him are the further development of the recitative, later introduced by Monteverdi, and of importance in the history of dramatic music; the further development of the chamber-cantata; and the development of the oratorio, of which he was the first significant composer.
As Cavalli is credited to the history of opera, so is Carissimi in the history of church music and vocal chamber music. Carissimi died in Rome in January 12, 1674.
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