Johann Sebastian Bach On March 21, 1685, a German organist and regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time, Johann Sebastian ...

Réunion de musiciens by François Puget traditionally believed to depict Jean-Baptiste Lully (holding the violin) and Philippe Quinault (p...

George Frederick Handel (23 February 1685 - 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer who was born in Halle, Germany (Halle ...

Antonio Vivaldi by François Morellon la Cave; 1725  (Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) Venice, Italy, is a popular and fascinating travel dest...

For me the baroque period music really has some of my favourite pieces in it, is usually bright and very positive in sound. From the wonder...

The Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel is a composition well known throughout the world. It's a piece of music that is played in commercia...

Medieval and Renaissance Europe While musical life in Europe was undoubtedly rich in the early Medieval era, as attested by artistic de...

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) Vivaldi was a pioneer of the concerto. He is one of the most popular and greatest com...

Baroque music is instantly recognisable. It is the beautiful expressive music that accompanies many historic films. The uplifting instrume...

Antonio Vivaldi is an Italian composer and violinist. He was born March 4, 1678 in Venice, Italy. He is major figure in baroque music and e...

Baroque music is formed in large part from contrapuntal textures (having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts so...

Classical music of the common practice era is divided into 3 main periods, that each have distinct styles and forms. While there is a littl...