Baroque Music by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi

Baroque music describes a style of European classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1750. Many people associate composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi with it.

A lot of things happenend at that time which are still essential for the music of today:

It was the time when combined instrumental and vocal forms like the oratoria and the cantata were developed; the concerto emerged with soloists and orchestra playing together.Music developed to the modern Western tonality we know today with its major and minor scales). The opera was established as a musical genre.

The invention of the printed press made it possible to exchange music from one musical center to the other; at the same time it was much easier for composers to have their sheets printed and distributed to the musicians who had to play it exactly as it had been written down.

The three selected pieces are between 7 and almost ten minutes long. They are full of life and joy. So even if you are not into music history you can just sit back and let your mood be lifted up!