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Baroque composers

Between 1600 and 1750 the opera, the oratorio, the concert and the sonata were born: a music of contrasts, ornaments and continuous bass, from Monteverdi to Bach and Händel. He meets forty of his protagonists, from Venice to Valencia.

Composers of the Classicism →

Italy

Claudio MonteverdiClaudio Monteverdi1567 – 1643 Girolamo FrescobaldiGirolamo Frescobaldi1583 – 1643 Giacomo Carissimi1605 – 1674 Barbara StrozziBarbara Strozzi1619 – 1677 Archangelo CorelliArchangelo Corelli1653 – 1713 Alessandro ScarlattiAlessandro Scarlatti1660 – 1725 Domenico ScarlattiDomenico Scarlatti1685 – 1757 Antonio VivaldiAntonio Vivaldi1678 – 1741 Tomaso AlbinoniTomaso Albinoni1671 – 1751 Benedetto MarcelloBenedetto Marcello1686 – 1739 Francesco GeminianiFrancesco Geminiani1687 – 1762 Pietro LocatelliPietro Locatelli1695 – 1764 Giuseppe TartiniGiuseppe Tartini1692 – 1770 Giovanni Battista PergolesiGiovanni Battista Pergolesi1710 – 1736

France

Jean- Baptiste LullyJean- Baptiste Lully1632 – 1687 Marc-Antoine CharpentierMarc-Antoine Charpentier1643 – 1704 Marin MaraisMarin Marais1656 – 1728 Michel- Richard de LalandeMichel- Richard de Lalande1657 – 1726 Élisabeth Jacquet de La GuerreÉlisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre1665 – 1729 François CouperinFrançois Couperin1668 – 1733 Jean- Philippe RameauJean- Philippe Rameau1683 – 1764 Jean- Marie LeclairJean- Marie Leclair1697 – 1764

Germany and Central Europe

Heinrich SchützHeinrich Schütz1585 – 1672 Dieterich BuxtehudeDieterich Buxtehudec. 1637 - 1707 Heinrich Ignaz Franz BiberHeinrich Ignaz Franz Biber1644 – 1704 Johann Pachelbel1653 – 1706 Johann Joseph FuxJohann Joseph Fux1660 – 1741 Georg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp Telemann1681 – 1767 Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach1685 – 1750 Georg Friedrich HändelGeorg Friedrich Händel1685 – 1759 Jan Dismas Zelenka1679 – 1745

England and the Netherlands

Jan Pieterszoon SweelinckJan Pieterszoon Sweelinck1562 – 1621 John BlowJohn Blow1649 – 1708 Henry PurcellHenry Purcell1659 – 1695

Spain and Portugal

Juan Bautista Cabanilles1644 – 1712 Gaspar SanzGaspar Sanz1640 – 1710 Sebastian Durón1660 – 1716 Antonio de Literes1673 – 1747 José de Nebra1702 – 1768 Carlos SeixasCarlos Seixas1704 – 1742
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