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The Baroque (UK: /bəˈrɒk/ bə-ROK, US: /-ˈroʊk/ -⁠ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry...

Sebastian Bach are considered the pinnacle of the Baroque period. Other key composers of the Baroque era include Claudio Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti,...

respective eras. See List of Medieval composers and Medieval music. See List of Renaissance composers and Renaissance music. See List of Baroque composers...

century. Once the Metastasian ideal had been firmly established, comedy in Baroque-era opera was reserved for what came to be called opera buffa. Before such...

Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth: Composers in the Renaissance/Baroque transitional era include the following (listed by their date...

Classical Period was an era of classical music between roughly 1750 and 1820. The classical period falls between the Baroque and Romantic periods. Classical...

late 1600s and early 1700s to theorize the modulation of the Baroque era (see § Baroque era). The first circle of fifths diagram appears in the Grammatika...

Baroque dance is dance of the Baroque era (roughly 1600–1750), closely linked with Baroque music, theatre, and opera. The majority of surviving choreographies...

musical traditions, such as the Turkish fasıl and the Arab nuubaat. In the Baroque era, the suite was an important musical form, also known as Suite de danses...

A Baroque orchestra is an ensemble for mixed instruments that existed during the Baroque era of Western Classical music, commonly identified as 1600–1750...

for voice and guitar, "Horch'! Leise horch', Geliebte!" (1809). In the Baroque era, a serenata—as the form was called since it occurred most frequently...

The Baroque guitar (c. 1600–1750) is a string instrument with five courses of gut strings and moveable gut frets. The first (highest pitched) course sometimes...

used in Renaissance and Baroque music, both as an accompaniment instrument and as a soloing instrument. During the Baroque era, the harpsichord was a standard...

improvisation was an important skill during the Baroque era and during the Classical era. In the Baroque era, performers improvised ornaments, and basso continuo...

plural concertos, or concerti from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or...

This is a list of notable classical violinists from the baroque era to the 21st century. For a more comprehensive list of contemporary classical violinists...

with instrumental accompaniment. In the 17th century, for most of the Baroque era, the terms symphony and sinfonia were used for a range of different compositions...

voices, or a recapitulation. A popular compositional technique in the Baroque era, the fugue was fundamental in showing mastery of harmony and tonality...

design since the Baroque era. However, the majority now choose baroque trumpets constructed with vents, which were not used in the Baroque. The use of natural...

time. The Thirty Years' War was ended with the Peace of Westphalia. The Baroque period (1600 to 1720) was one of the most fertile times in German literature...