Composers of the Baroque period, roughly 1600 to 1750, when music gained the basso continuo, the concerto, opera and oratorio. A composer belongs here when the cited article places the person in the Baroque period. It excludes the Classical period composers who followed them. Its leading composers wrote concertos, suites, cantatas, operas and organ works, often for churches and courts, and a composer is placed here by the period the cited article names for the person rather than by birth date alone.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685-28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
Antonio Vivaldi (Wikipedia)
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678-28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, and impresario of Baroque music.
George Frideric Handel (Wikipedia)
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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( HAN-dəl; baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ; 5 March 1685 [O.S. 23 February 1684], 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
Wikipedia: Claudio Monteverdi
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he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history
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