Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz (German: [ʃʏt͡s]; 18 October [O.S. 8 October] 1585 – 6 November 1672) was a German composer and organist from the early Baroque period. He is often considered the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most significant composers of the 17th century.
Johann Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel (also spelled Bachelbel; born September 11, 1653 [Old Style: September 1] and died March 9, 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who helped bring the south German organ schools to their highest level. He wrote many religious and non-religious musical pieces, and his work on the chorale prelude and fugue made him one of the most important composers of the middle Baroque period. During his lifetime, Pachelbel’s music was very popular.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfiːlɪp ˈteːləman]; 24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and musician who played many musical instruments. He was one of the most productive composers in history, based on the number of musical works that remain today.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Battista Lulli; November 28 or 29, 1632 – March 22, 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer, and musician who helped shape French Baroque music. He is most famous for his operas and spent much of his life working in the court of Louis XIV. He became a French citizen in 1661.
Domenico Scarlatti
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was born on October 26, 1685, and died on July 23, 1757. He was an Italian composer who lived during the Baroque period. His music helped shape the Classical style.
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli (Italian: [arˈkandʒelo koˈrɛlli]; February 17, 1653 – January 8, 1713) was an Italian composer, musician, and violinist from the middle Baroque era. His music played an important role in developing the modern sonata and concerto genres. He helped establish the violin as a central instrument in music.
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell ( / ˈ p ɜːr s əl / , rare: / p ər ˈ s ɛ l / ; about September 10, 1659 – November 21, 1695) was an English composer and organist from the middle Baroque period. He was very productive, creating over 100 songs, a tragic opera called Dido and Aeneas, and writing incidental music for a version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream titled The Fairy Queen. Purcell’s musical style was distinctly English, though it included elements from Italian and French music.
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678, and died on July 28, 1741. He was an Italian composer, expert violinist, and manager of Baroque music events. He was considered one of the greatest composers of the Baroque period.
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British composer famous for writing operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. He was born in Halle, Germany, and lived in Hamburg and Italy during his early years. In 1712, he moved to London, where he spent most of his career.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (March 31, 1685 [Old Style: March 21] – July 28, 1750) was a German composer and musician from the late Baroque period. He created many works for different instruments and musical styles, including the orchestral Brandenburg Concertos; solo pieces like the Cello Suites and Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin; keyboard music such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ compositions like the Schübler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and choral works such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor.