Who is was born first, Jacopo Peri or Claudio Monteverdi?
Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (] ; 15 May 1567 (baptized) – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, string player and choirmaster. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and the Baroque periods of music history.
Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi (Piacenza, 2 April 1719 – Venice, 30 March 1762) was an Italian composer. Ciampi was resident in London from 1748 to 1756. He is best known today for a work that cannot be certainly ascribed to his pen: "Tre giorni son che Nina in letto senesta", formerly called Pergolesi's "Nina".