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The Baroque (1600 to 1750) is a period of time in Western culture that was basically characterized by advances in the fields of literature, sculpture, painting, architecture, dance, and music. Normally, it is located between the Renaissance and the Neoclassical.
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It all started at the beginning of 1609, when the Italian genius received news of the existence of a wonderful instrument capable of "bringing closer" objects. Galileo built his first telescope in the summer of that year and in December he began to observe the firmament with instruments of adequate quality.
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The Thirty Years' War was a war fought in Central Europe (mainly the Holy Roman Empire) between the years 1618 and 1648..
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Initially, it was built as a hunting lodge for King Louis XIII; however his son, King Louis XIV, decided to move the royal court from Paris to Versailles in 1682. The hunting lodge was transformed into a royal complex with ornate rooms, gardens, and magnificent fountains.
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It is a religious cantata written by Johann Sebastian Bach originally in Weimar in 1719 (BWV 147a) for Advent and in 1723 it was extended for the feast of the Visitation in Leipzig, where it premiered on July 2, 1723.
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For many academics, the end of the Baroque period is established with the death of the composer Johan Sebastian Bach on July 28, 1750.