... One of the best composers of this time was Antonio Vivaldi. Vivaldi was an Italian music composer who lived from 1678 to 1741. He lived in Venice and taught music at an all-girls orphanage for most of his life. He was a master of the violin and is widely known as the ... to write more than 450 concertos and over 50 operas. After his death he was all but forgotten for 200 years until his works were discovered early in this century. The Four Seasons, his most famous work, has become a true classic in the modern world and has remained a popular piece until this day. ... piece that was he...

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The Baroque Era which started just before the year 1600 and stretched until Johann Sebastian Bach's death in 1750, was a time of tumultuous change in politics, science and the arts. It also revolved around the religious wars between the Protestants and the Catholics ... and Bach, amongst many other great composers. The word "baroque" is believed to be derived from the Portuguese word "barroco", a pearl that was used in jewelry. Until late 19th century, it was used as a synonym for "absurd or grotesque." The Baroque Era which was centered on the idea of absolute monarchy ... A continuo was ma...

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... and early eighteenth centuries, came to be applied also to the music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries." "The term has in the past, and to some extent in the present, carried implications of absurdity, grotesqueness, or abnormality. But as applied to the music of the period of 1600-1750 ... of voices and instruments. Some baroque was seen before 1600 and was seen after 1750 and the early baroque was first seen in the works of Montebverdi and in the Venetian School. The major-minor tonality actually emerged from this period and composers began to note the key within the ti...

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