PERIOD
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COUNTRY
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COMPOSER
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WORKS & MASTERPIECES
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EARLY BAROQUE
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ITALY
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
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Monteverdi composed madrigals, operas (L'ORPHEO) and sacred music.
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MIDDLE BAROQUE
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ITALY
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ARCANGELO CORELLI
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Corelli composed trio sonatas, violin and continuo sonatas and concerti grossi.
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FRANCE
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JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
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Lully composed sacred music, ballets de cour, music for theatre (intermedes) and operas.
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LATE BAROQUE
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ITALY
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
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Vivaldi composed violin concertos (THE FOUR SEASONS), sacred choral music, operas, sonatas, symphonies, chamber music...
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GERMANY
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
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Handel composed operas, oratorios (MESSIAH),cantatas, chamber music...
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GERMANY
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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Bach composed instrumental music (preludes, toccatas, fugues for organ and keyboards like THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER), orchestral and chamber music (concerto grosso as BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS, sonatas), vocal and choral works (cantatas, passions as ST. MATTHEW PASSION, masses)
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PRE-CLASSICISM
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GERMANY
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CARL PHILLIP EMANUEL BACH
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Bach's son composed solo keyboard works, concertos, chamber music, symphonies, passions, cantatas, choral works...
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