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Bach to Baroque Times A Class Act Presentation by Mr. Anderson’s Class

The Baroque Period

A Few Baroque Composers

J. S. BACH  German Composer  Lived  Excellent Musician  Organist  Composed for  Church  Court

Henry PURCELL English Composer Lived Famous Operas. Dido & Annias, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, The Tempest, etc. Sonata of III Parts

George Frederic HANDEL German Born Lived Found Fame in England Most Famous Pieces Messiah, Water Music.

Antonio VIVALDI Italian Composer Lived Extremely Productive Elaborate Music Rhythmic Melodic

A Few Baroque Artists

Gian Lorenzo BERNINI Italian artist Painter Sculptor Lived Some Famous Works Fountain of the Four Rivers The Ecstasy of St.Therese

Michelangelo CARAVAGGIO Italian Painter Lived Religious Subjects Famous Works The Entombment, John the Baptist, The Tooth Drawer, Still (Shown Here) and Adoration of Shepherds.

Jan VERMEER Dutch Painter Lived Lived in Delft, Holland Painted His World Famous Paintings The Artist and His Painting Young Woman with a Water Jug, The Milkmaid, The View of Delft

 Dutch Painter  Lived  Prolific Artist  Sketches  600+ Paintings  Painted many self portraits REMBRANDT Van Rijn

Some Other People & Events

Some Baroque People Sir Isaac Newton Scientist & Mathematician Laws of Motion Invented Calculus Galileo Galilei Scientist & Inventor Telescope Thermometer

More Baroque People Rene Descartes Mathematician & Scientist Father Modern Philosophy Evangelista Torricelli Scientist & Mathematician Inventor of the Barometer

Some Baroque Events  Thirty Years war ( )  Jamestown (1609)  Pilgrims Land at Plymouth Rock (1620)  Original 13 Colonies Founded