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Florence, for example, hosted a brilliant period of musico-theatrical innovation at the dawn of the seventeenth century that led to the flowering of early opera. Rome continued to influence sacred music and for a time became an important center of opera, several types of vocal chamber music, and instrumental music. Venice, a leading musical city throughout the seventeenth century, nurtured the development of opera, as did Naples in the eighteenth century.
1 Top 5 Baroque Music Composers of All Time Baroque music is a musical era that lasted from 1600 to 1750. 2  Its style has greatly influenced Classical music, which followed the Baroque period.