... a relatively short period of time. This transition was called the preclassical period and occurred from 1730 through to 1770. Some of the earliest classical composers were J.S. Bach's own sons, Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christian. These new composers rejected many of the Baroque methods of composition and focused more on ... first started meeting in Florence around 1575 to prepare their plans of the opera. One of their most prominent members was that of Vincenzo Galilei who fathered the famous astronomer Galileo. The subject matter of these operas was usually drawn from Greek myth...

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