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Italian composer, singer, instrumentalist, and teacher, a pivotal figure in the early Baroque period and the Florentine Camerata.Born in Rome around 1551, Giulio Caccini moved to Florence as a youth under the patronage of Cosimo I de' Medici. He became a prominent singer and instrumentalist (lute, viol, harp) at the Medici court. A member of the Florentine Camerata, he was instrumental in developing monody (expressive solo song with simple accompaniment) and the new recitative style, aiming t...