Baroque music (UK: /bəˈrɒk/ or US: /bəˈroʊk/) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The...

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

to the Baroque (and even earlier periods) as to the Classical period—for this reason, music which draws inspiration specifically from the Baroque is sometimes...

Baroque pop (sometimes called baroque rock) is a fusion genre that combines rock music with particular elements of classical music. It emerged in the mid...

amount of ornamentation in a piece of music can vary from quite extensive (it was often extensive in the Baroque period, from 1600 to 1750) to relatively...

was... ingrained in baroque musicianship... For those who do not like cadences, sequences, and cadential trills, baroque music is not the scene. — Robert...

help. The Baroque era of music took place from 1600 to 1750, as the Baroque artistic style flourished across Europe; and during this time, music expanded...

of classical music between roughly 1750 and 1820. The classical period falls between the Baroque and Romantic periods. Classical music has a lighter...

composers and Medieval music. See List of Renaissance composers and Renaissance music. See List of Baroque composers and Baroque music. See List of Classical...

used in Baroque music were partly used already before, partly are still in use today, but with no technology. The movement to perform music in a historically...

earlier periods of classical music history, leading an ensemble while playing an instrument was common. In Baroque music from the 1600s to the 1750s,...

kinds of operatic voices is described in detail below. During both the Baroque and Classical periods, recitative could appear in two basic forms, each...

harmonic rhythm, which is generally slower in galant music than is the case in the earlier baroque style, thus making lavish melodic ornamentation and...

An early music ensemble is a musical ensemble that specializes in performing early music of the European classical tradition from the Baroque era and earlier...

Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe...

more than about fifty musicians. Orchestras that specialize in the Baroque music of, for example, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, or...

Sebastian Bach exemplified the Baroque tendency for complexity, and as a reaction the simpler and song-like galant music and empfindsamkeit styles were...

Neo-Baroque may refer to: Neo-Baroque music Neo-Baroque painting Baroque Revival architecture Neo-Baroque film This disambiguation page lists articles...

and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often...

epicenter of French music moved from Paris to Burgundy, as it followed the Burgundian School of composers. During the Baroque period, music was simplified...

Folk baroque or baroque guitar is a distinctive and influential guitar fingerstyle developed in Britain in the 1960s, which combined elements of American...

and orchestration. One key distinction between Renaissance and Baroque instrumental music is in instrumentation; that is, the ways in which instruments...

accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ, a continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble. Performing...

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

Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating...

A Baroque violin is a violin set up in the manner of the baroque period of music. The term includes original instruments which have survived unmodified...

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

to French music, was a popular form in France from the mid to late 17th century and into the 18th century. The French composers of the Baroque period employed...

Baroque music of the British Isles bridged the gap between the early music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods and the development of fully fledged...