... . There are two main practices in the composition of Baroque music: the music being governed by the text and the text being governed by the music. Writers also began to write music for certain voices and/or instruments instead of something that is transposable to any voice or instrument. "The true beginnings of opera coincides with the beginning of the baroque period." "Opera was originally used in the Renaissance as an interlude between comedic and ... tragic plays." Opera had its beginnings in Italy where it was created and made popular by the Camerata, a group of Florentine noblemen. ...

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