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Domenico Scarlatti
1685-1757
Son of Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico was noted for harpsichord sonatas. (A sonata is a piece for piano or another solo instrument most often with piano accompaniment. There are usually three or four separate sections in the music called movements.)
1685-1757
Son of Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico was noted for harpsichord sonatas. (A sonata is a piece for piano or another solo instrument most often with piano accompaniment. There are usually three or four separate sections in the music called movements.)
Johan Sebastian Bach
1685-1750
He wrote a large number of keyboard works and an enormous amount of church music for various ensembles as well as a large amount of secular chamber music. His music is still very well known and often performed. He was the supreme master of counterpoint and every baroque musical form except opera.
1685-1750
He wrote a large number of keyboard works and an enormous amount of church music for various ensembles as well as a large amount of secular chamber music. His music is still very well known and often performed. He was the supreme master of counterpoint and every baroque musical form except opera.
George Frideric Handel
1685-1759
Though German by birth and Italian by training, he spent most of his creative life in London, England. He was famous for his operas during his lifetime, but now he is better known for his oratorios, orchestral works, and chamber music.
1685-1759
Though German by birth and Italian by training, he spent most of his creative life in London, England. He was famous for his operas during his lifetime, but now he is better known for his oratorios, orchestral works, and chamber music.