Baroque Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach - One

Of The composer of the Baroque
Era, the most celebrated member
of a large family of north German
musicians.
Johann Sebastian Bach had a
prestigious musical lineage and took
on various organist positions during
the early 18th century, creating
famous compositions like "Toccata
and Fugue in D minor." Some of his
best-known compositions are the "Mass in B Minor," the "Brandenburg
Concertos" and "The Well-Tempered Clavier."

Antonio Vivaldi - in full Antonio

Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer and
violinist who left a decisive mark on
the form of the concerto and the style
of late Baroque instrumental
music.Vivaldi wrote over 500
instrumental concertos and sacred
choral works. He also composed
some 40 operas, not for the school,
but for public performance in Venice.
Although Vivaldi remained with the
Ospedale through virtually his entire
life, his music became known throughout Europe.
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George Frideric (or Frederick)

Handel - was a German-British
Baroque composer well known for his
operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti
grossi, and organ concertos. Handel
started three commercial opera
companies to supply the English nobility
with Italian opera. In 1737, he had a
physical breakdown, changed direction
creatively, and addressed the middle
class and made a transition to English
choral works. After his success with
Messiah (1742), he never composed an
Italian opera again.