Timeline: Baroque Timeline

Period: 1550 to 1602

De'Calvalieri

Period: 1551 to 1618

Caccini

Period: 1557 to 1612

Gabrieli

Period: 1560 to 1637

Viadana

Period: 1560 to 1629

Praetorius

Period: 1561 to 1633

Peri

Period: 1562 to 1628

Bull

Period: 1563 to 1626

Dowland

Period: 1564 to 1612

Hassler

Period: 1564 to 1616

Shakespeare

Period: 1567 to 1643

Monteverdi

Period: 1567 to 1620

Campion

Period: 1568 to 1634

Banchieri

Period: 1570 to 1630

Rossi

Period: 1580 to 1642

Agazzari

Period: 1582 to 1643

Gagliano

Period: 1582 to 1629

D'India

Period: 1583 to 1625

Gibbons

Period: 1583 to 1643

Frescobaldi

Period: 1585 to 1672

Schultz

Period: 1586 to 1630

Schein

Period: 1587 to 1654

Scheidt

Period: 1595 to 1667

Manelli

Period: 1600 to 1650

Early Baroque

Genres: Opera, ballets, masses, magnificants, vespers, motets, madrigals, cantatas, and oratorios. Stylistic traits: Homophony/polyphony, free rhythms, start of tonality, poetic form, binary form, markings begin to be used, contrast, basso continuo. Inventions: Opera, oboe.

Period: 1602 to 1676

Cavalli

Period: 1605 to 1674

Carissimi

Period: 1610 to 1684

Du Mont

Period: 1619 to 1677

Strozzi

Period: 1621 to 1677

Locke

Period: 1625 to 1705

Bontempi

Period: 1626 to 1690

Legrenzi

Period: 1627 to 1693

Kerll

Period: 1631 to 1663

Baltzar

Period: 1632 to 1687

Lully

Period: 1637 to 1707

Buxtehude

Period: 1642 to 1703

J.C. Bach

Period: 1643 to 1704

Charpentier

Period: 1648 to 1708

Blow

Period: 1650 to 1700

Middle Baroque

Genres: Cantatas, opera, concerto, sonata, trio, ballets. Stylistic traits: recitative melodies, basso continuo, tonal system, homophony/polyphony, ritornellos, strings dominated. Inventions: Candy cane, pocket watch.

Period: 1653 to 1713

Corelli

Period: 1653 to 1706

Pachelbel

Period: 1654 to 1728

Steffani

Period: 1658 to 1709

Torelli

Period: 1659 to 1695

Purcell

Period: 1660 to 1725

Scarlatti

Period: 1660 to 1722

Kuhnau

Period: 1666 to 1729

Ariosti

Period: 1668 to 1733

Couperin

Period: 1670 to 1736

Caldara

Period: 1671 to 1750

Albinoni

Period: 1674 to 1739

Keiser

Period: 1678 to 1741

Vivaldi

Period: 1681 to 1767

Telemann

Period: 1683 to 1783

Rameau

Period: 1685 to 1750

J.S. Bach

Period: 1685 to 1759

Handel

Period: 1685 to 1757

Scarlatti

Period: 1686 to 1768

Porpora

Period: 1692 to 1770

Tartini

Period: 1696 to 1730

Vinci

Period: 1697 to 1773

Quantz

Period: 1700 to 1730

Late Baroque

Genres: opera, cantata, oratorio, concerto, sonata. Stylistic traits: Fortspinning, basso continuo, steady tempos, 16th notes, diatonic system established, polyphony/homophony, ritornello, fuges, da capo aria, binary form, "hair pins." Inventions: Piano, tuning fork.

Period: 1706 to 1784