Arcangelo Corelli, a highly respected violinist, teacher, and composer in Rome, influenced instrumental composition and met Handel in the early 18th century.
Composition History
Handel's Royal Fireworks Music was written to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which ended the War of the Austrian Succession.
Composer Biography
Johann Sebastian Bach, a member of a prolific family of musicians, was initially known as an organist and an authority on organ building.
Critical Reception
In his day, Georg Philipp Telemann was considered superior to Bach and was a composer of great facility and versatility.
Composer Biography
Antonio Vivaldi, known as 'il prete rosso' (the red priest) due to the color of his hair, spent much of his working life at the Ospedale della Pietà, a musical orphanage in Venice.
Composer Biography
George Frideric Handel, born in Halle, Germany, moved to London in 1710 as a composer of Italian opera and remained in England for the rest of his life.
Historical Context
The term "Baroque" for music, borrowed from art historians, once implied the bizarre but has now lost that pejorative meaning.
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