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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi [n 2] (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. [4] Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Vivaldi ranks amongst the greatest Baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers.
Musical literature has also defined the succeeding period (covering music from approximately 1580 to 1750) as the era of "Baroque music". [58] It is in the late-16th to early-17th-century overlap of these periods that much of Monteverdi's creativity flourished; he stands as a transitional figure between the Renaissance and the Baroque. [59]
Johann Sebastian Bach [n 1] (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orchestral Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as the Goldberg ...
The Baroque period is divided into three major phases: early, middle, and late. Overlapping in time, they are conventionally dated from 1580 to 1650, from 1630 to 1700, and from 1680 to 1750. Baroque music forms a major portion of the "classical music" canon, and is widely studied, performed, and
Verdi's gift for music was already apparent by 1820–21 when he began his association with the local church, serving in the choir, acting as an altar boy for a while, and taking organ lessons. After Baistrocchi's death, Verdi, at the age of eight, became the official paid organist. [5] Antonio Barezzi, Verdi's patron and later father-in-law
Giovanni Battista Draghi (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈdraːɡi]; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Italian: [perɡoˈleːzi;-eːsi]), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the greatest Italian musicians of the first half of the 18th century and one of ...
Robert Valentine, also known as Roberto Valentino (c. 1671–1747) Carlo Agostino Badia (1672–1738) Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749) André Cardinal Destouches (1672–1749) Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703) François Duval (1672–1728) Francesco Mancini (1672–1737) Antoine Forqueray (1672–1745) Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672/1673 ...
Common use of the term for the music of the period began only in 1919, by Curt Sachs, [132] and it was not until 1940 that it was first used in English in an article published by Manfred Bukofzer. [131] The baroque was a period of musical experimentation and innovation which explains the amount of ornaments and improvisation performed by the ...