Italian opera "Dafne" by Jacopo Peri was the earliest composition considered opera, as understood today. Peri's works, however, did not arise out of a creative vacuum in the area of sung drama. An underlying prerequisite for the creation of opera proper was the practice of monody. Monody is the solo singing/setting of a dramatically conceived melody, designed to express the emotional content of the text it carries, which is accompanied by a relatively simple sequence of chords rather than other polyphonic parts. Italian composers began composing in this style late in the 16th century, and it grew in part from the long-standing
Rossello di Jacopo Franchi richly embroidered cloth of honor held by two angels, is a type familiar from trecento painting. Some stylistic features, such as the tiny head with a slender, elongated body indicates the influence of Lorenzo Monaco and Lorenzo Ghiberti. Rossello di Jacopo Franchi Rossello di Jacopo Franchi: An Italian Renaissance Artist Rossello di Jacopo Franchi (c. 1376/77 – c. 1456) of Florence was an Italian painter. He worked in Florence beginning sometime around 1404 and was active until 1451. Rossello di Jacopo Franchi was born in the year 1376 or 1377. He was most likely the son of Jacopo del Rosso