MUSIC 225 - The Baroque Era - Major Composers
Composer who wrote Finale, part of the Brandenburg Concerto number 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer who heightened virtuoso violin playing
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer who was known as the "Red Priest"
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer who was music director at a girls orphanage in Venice, Italy
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer who wrote The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer who wrote lots of music, including nearly 400 concertos
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer whose concertos were studied by Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer who grew up in the intellectual atmosphere of Venice, Italy
Barbara Strozzi
Composer who never held a professional music position or had a patron's support
Barbara Strozzi
Composer who was adopted
Barbara Strozzi
Composer who wrote 125 individual works
Barbara Strozzi
Composer who wrote Revenge
Barbara Strozzi
Composer who became the music director at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy
Claudio Monteverdi
Composer who mastered both Renaissance and Baroque textures and tried new styles and genres
Claudio Monteverdi
Composer who served for many years at the court in Mantua, Italy
Claudio Monteverdi
Composer who wrote Orpheus
Claudio Monteverdi
Composer who wrote for both the court and the public
Claudio Monteverdi
Composer who wrote musical works in both the Renaissance and Baroque eras
Claudio Monteverdi
Three composers who lived/worked in Venice
Claudio Monteverdi, Barbara Strozzi, Antonio Vivaldi
Order of composers birth year from first to last
Claudio Monteverdi, Barbara Strozzi, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach (Handel and Bach were born in the same year).
Composer born in Germany who traveled widely in Europe
George Frideric Handel
Composer who was very successful writing operas and oratorios
George Frideric Handel
Composer who worked for long periods in Italy, Germany and England
George Frideric Handel
Composer who wrote The Messiah
George Frideric Handel
Composer who was born into a family of musicians
Henry Purcell
Composer who worked and played the organ at English court and Westminster Abbey
Henry Purcell
Composer who wrote Dido and Aeneas
Henry Purcell
Composer who wrote one of the first English language operas
Henry Purcell
Composer whose only true opera was not popular until after he had died
Henry Purcell
Composer whose opera was rediscovered in the late 18th century (late 1700s)
Henry Purcell
Composer who had several sons that became respected composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer who held many music position in several German cities
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer who wrote "Little" Fugue in G Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer who wrote music in nearly every genre except opera
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer who wrote organ works, cantatas and orchestral music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Two composers who were born in the same region of Germany in the same year
Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel