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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.
From Bach to Sammartini, each composer on this list greatly influenced the shape and course of classical music. And though I would love to include the many other Baroque Period composers because they, too, had a great impact on the music, thereâs just not enough room in a Top 10 list. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).