Jacopo Peri
Born: 20th August 1561, Rome, Italy
Died: 12th August 1633, Florence, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Jacopo Peri was an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He wrote what is considered the first opera, the mostly lost Dafne (c. 1597), and also the earliest extant opera, Euridice (1600).
He is sometimes known by the byname lo Zazzerino (lit. 'the blond one').
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- O durezza di ferro (O hardness of steel and diamond) (2)
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- Per quel vago boschetto (from Euridice) (1)
- Qual cadavero spirante (Like a dying corpse) (1)
- Ricercar del primo tuono del Zazzerino (2)
- Se tu parti da me (2)
- Torna, deh torna (2)
- Tra le donne (2)
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- Tra le lagrime e i sospiri (1)
- Tu dormi (3)
- Tu dormi, e 'l dolce sonno (4)
- Tutto 'l di piango (3)
- Uccidimi dolore (1)
- Uccidimi, dolore (1)
- Un dì, soletto (Alone one day) (3)
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