after hearing it only twice. Many of the later composers of the Roman School continued to write in the polyphonic style of the 16th century, known then as the stile antico, or the prima pratica, in distinction to the newer styles of monody and concertato writing which defined the beginning of the Baroque era. Composers Members of the Roman School, including some who were active in Rome for only part of their careers, are as follows: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525–1594) Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) Giovanni Animuccia (c1520–1571) Felice Anerio (c1564–1614) Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c1567–1630) (Younger brother of Felice) Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652) (Composer of the famous Miserere) Paolo Bellasio (1554–1594) Antonio Cifra (1584–1629) Domenico Allegri (c1585–1629) Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (c1545–1592) Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543–1607) Emilio de' Cavalieri (c1550–1602) Annibale Stabile (c1535–1595) Giovanni Dragoni (c1540–1598) Francesco Soriano (c1548–1621) Paolo Quagliati (c1555–1628) Ruggiero Giovannelli (c1560–1625) Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (1560–1623) Stefano Landi (1587–1639) Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665) Luigi Rossi (c1597-1653) Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646) Michelangelo Rossi (c1600-1656) Francesco Foggia (1604–1688) Annibale Zoilo (c1537–1592) Bartolomeo Roy (c1530–1599) Giovanni de Macque (c1550–1614) Johannes Matelart (before 1538–1607) Rinaldo del Mel (c1554–1598) Marco Marazzoli (c1602-1662) Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674) References Various articles, including "Rome" and articles on the individual composers, in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. . Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. . Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1947. . Harold Gleason and Warren Becker, Music in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Music Literature Outlines Series I). Bloomington, Indiana. Frangipani Press, 1986. . Lamla, Michael: Kanonkünste im barocken Italien, insbesondere in Rom, Berlin 2003, . Italian music history Baroque music Renaissance music Italian Baroque Renaissance Rome Baroque composers Renaissance composers Composition schools Music in Rome Music organisations based in Italy