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King Louis XIV of France
reigned as the king of France during the Baroque era; was known to be an accomplished ballet dancer and showed it off -
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Arcangelo Corelli
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Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
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François Couperin
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Georg Philip Telemann
German composer; helped establish the French-style orchestral suite in Germany -
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Jean-Joseph Mouret
one representative composer from this French court: served the son of King Louis XIV -
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
french composer and theorist; established a rational foundation for harmonic practice -
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G.F. Handel
a German composer living in England writing Italian music; virtuoso organist; wrote two very popular orchestral suites called Music for the Royal Fireworks, and Water Music -
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J.S. Bach
He is undisputedly the greatest master of the fugue -
Water Music
performed for a royal party on the Thames River in London on 7/17/1717; composed by Handel -
St. John Passion
composed during Bach's first year in Leipzig; in two large parts intended to have a sermon in the middle -
Suite de symphonies
written for trumpets, violins, oboes, timpani, basses, bassoons, and organ: today the work is often performed as a trumpet solo with organ -
The English Oratorio
no lavish scenery; used Italian singers performing in English and British singers; created by Handel from Italian oratorios -
Tafelmusik
This is a collection of music composed by Telemann; known for being table music -
Messiah
an English oratorio composed by Handel; 52 separate numbers; was first performed in the city of Dublin