Italian classical music is difficult to do if everyone is singing a melody at the same time; thus, polyphony gave way to homophony, and early opera consisted of relatively simple melodies with texts about Greek mythology, sung in Italian and supported by simple harmonies. The important city in Italy in this development of music in the 16th century was Florence. (See also: Florentine Camerata, Vincenzo Galilei, Jacopo Peri, Palestrina, Arcangelo Corelli.) Besides Florence, two other Italian cities are particularly worthy of mention in the period around 1600. There is somewhat of a friendly rivalry between advocates of the two cities as to which
Jacopo Sala Jacopo Sala Jacopo Sala (; born 5 December 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Sampdoria. Sala came to German side Hamburger SV from Chelsea on a three-year contract, joining former Chelsea team-mate Michael Mancienne at the club. He made his competitive debut for Hamburg in a 5–1 home defeat against Borussia Dortmund; he came on as a substitute in the 65th minute, replacing Marcell Jansen. On 24 July 2013, he joined Hellas Verona. Sala made his debut on 1 September 2013, against Roma; the match ended in a 3–0 defeat for Verona. On 30