Name Instrument played Reason for success

John Sebastian Bach Violin, Hapischord Creator of the Brandenburg Concertos, the Well-
Tempered Clavier and other masterpieces of
church and instrumental music

Antonio Vivaldi cello, violin, flute, bassoon Wrote more than 500 concertos. Perfected
the classical three-movement concerto.

George Frideric Handel Hapischord, hautbois, violin, Most famous recording- Messiah.
organ Best known for operas, concerty grossi, organ
concertos

Henry Purcell Organ, Hapischord, Strings Best known for opera Dido and Aeneas,
semi-operas The Fariy Queen. Did more than 100
songs.

Claudio Monteverdi String player, choir master Most famous works are the operas-
Orfeo, L'incoronazione di Poppea

Domenico Scarlatti Harpischord Wrote more than 550 single movement Sonatas,
considered founder of modern keyboard.

Heinrich Schutz Played the organ Wrote first German opera, Dafne in 1627

Jean-Philippe Rameau Harpischord Loved by the french for the Earthquake in

Les Indes galantes

Arcangelo Corelli Violin Father of modern orchestral playing.

Fashioned 2 new musical forms, the Baroque Trio
and solo sonata, and the concerto grosso.

Georg Philipp Telemann flute, violin, double bass Most prolific composer in musical history.
trombone, double bass and , He wrote 600 french overtures, 200 concertos ,
several keyboard instruments 40 operas and more than 1000 pieces of church
music.
Inspiration

Lutheran faith influenced him.

Also by George Bohm.

His inspiration was probably

the countryside around Mantua

Strongly influenced by
composers of the Italian baroque,
German polyphonic choral tradition.

Influenced by his early teachers

Gaetano Greco, Francesco Gasparini

influenced by teacher Gabrieli

and works of Monteverdi

He was influenced by Steffani and

Rosenmuller.