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See also: 1704 in music, other events of 1705, 1706 in music, list of years in music. See also: 1703 in music, other events of 1704, 1705 in music, list of years in music. ... Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

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1 Events
2 Classical music
3 Opera
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

Johann Sebastian Bach, 1748 portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685[1] (O.S.) – July 28, 1750[2] (N.S.)) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period, and is universally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. ... Diderik Hansen Buxtehude (ca. ... Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660 – October 24, 1725) was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. ...

Classical music

Arcangelo Corelli (February 17, 1653 – January 8, 1713) was an Italian violin player and Baroque music composer. ...

Opera

This article is about opera as an art form. ... George Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German Baroque music composer who lived much of his life in England. ...

Births

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Farinelli (January 24, 1705-July 15, 1782), whose real name was Carlo Broschi, was one of the most famous Italian soprano castrato singers of the 18th century. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Deaths


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BAROQUE MUSIC DEFINED (1870 words)
Later, during the early-to-mid 1900s, the term baroque was applied by association to music of the 17th and early 18th century, and today the term baroque has come to refer to a very clearly definable type or genre of music which originated, broadly speaking, around 1600 and came to fruition between 1700 and 1750.
Many a composer's fortunes rose or fell with the status accorded to music at the court in which he was serving, and composer-musicians would try to seek a position in a city or court where music was known, for the time being anyway, to be thriving under the patronage of an enthusiastic king or prince.
Music which is melodious yet so constructed as to reflect the "perfect order" of the universe: that is the essence of the baroque.
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