Curated OER
Baroque Composers and Musicians
This website provides a listing of some of the prominent composers and musical personalities of the baroque period. Those underlined as links will take you to a short biographical article on that particular composer.
Other
Hildegard Publishing Company: Antonio Bembo
A paragraph of biographical information on Antonio Bembo, a female composer of the Early Baroque period.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Scenes of Daily Life in the 1600s
See images painted by famous Dutch artists during the Baroque period. All images are scenes of daily life. Follow a link to learn more about painting in the 1600s.
Classical Net
Classical Net: Timeline of Famous Composers 1600 to Present
PDF document showing composers in various musical eras from the Baroque period to modern times.
Classical Net
Classical Net: Timeline of Famous Composers: 1100 1700
A PDF timeline of composers in the Gothic, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Diego Velazquez
Biographical account covers the life and career of Diego Velazquez, Spanish painter of the Baroque period.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Moldenhauer Archives
The Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress contain approximately 3,500 items documenting the history of Western music from the medieval period through the modern era.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Perfect Pitch
Perfect Pitch is an interactive learning environment that lets you form orchestras and create your own orchestral arrangements of music from the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods. Clever game design, including a...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Real Virtual: Representing Architectural Time and Space
An extensive collection of resources designed to aid the teaching of architectural history. An introduction to the period of architecture accompanies images. Viewers can manipulate the images to achieve a panoramic view or close-up of...
PBS
Classics for Kids: Elizabeth Jacquet De La Guerre
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, born on October 10, 1666.
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Classics for Kids: Tomaso Albinoni
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni, born on June 8, 1671.
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Classics for Kids: Henry Purcell
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Henry Purcell, born on March 7, 1659.
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Classics for Kids: Antonio Vivaldi
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, born on March 4, 1678. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Vivaldi.
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Classics for Kids: Domenico Scarlatti
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti, born on October 26, 1685.
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Classics for Kids: Georg Philipp Telemann
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann, born on March 14, 1681.
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Classics for Kids: George Frideric Handel
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, born on February 23, 1685. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Handel.
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Classics for Kids: Arcangelo Corelli
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli, born on February 17, 1653.
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Classics for Kids: Johann Sebastian Bach
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, born on March 21, 1685. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Bach.
Other
Web Museum: The Calling of Saint Matthew
The WebMuseum gives you information about Caravaggio's, "The Calling of Saint Matthew," including who each person in the painting is.
Curated OER
Late Baroque and Rococo Fashion
See drawings and painting of the Late Baroque and Rococo periods exemplifying the fashions of the period. Includes a link to music of the era.
San Diego State University
Classical Rummy
This card game serves as a learning aid to music students. They will learn to classify classical composers by the era in which they worked: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Frans Hals
Web Museum gives you biographical information about Frans Hals. There are also links to three of his paintings but not "The Merry Drinker".
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Claude Lorrain
Artcyclopedia gives you Claude Lorrain links to museums and galleries on the Internet.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Antonio Vivaldi
A short biography of Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.
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