Biographical sketches of thirty-six composers from the period.
List of names arranged by death date from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers. Includes links to individual biographies and further resources.
Introduction to the period from Essentials of Music linked to details on historical themes, musical context, style, and composer biographies.
Articles, suggested recordings, links, biographies, portraits, plus music samples, notes on performance, information on the lute-harpsichord and the Baroque violin bow, and background on organ builder Gottfried Silbermann.
Inclusive list of fugues written in the 1600's, comprising all the relevant repertory up to date and links to classical musician pages.
Composers, major styles and developments, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM sound files.
Brief studies of styles and composers from throughout the period. Links to related topics, including images, history, and clothing.
Alphabetical index of over 100 Wikipedia articles plus internal links to related material.
Traces the beginning of opera in Florence with links to biographies of composers and related material. From the Here Of a Sunday Morning radio program.
Follows the development of the new music from Italy with emphasis on Schütz and Schein. From the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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