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What is the history of Baroque music?
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Baroque music is a broad term used to describe a wide range of styles of European classical music running between 1600 and 1750. The Baroque period was a time of experimentation, innovation, and extreme emotion, often marked by dramatic, exaggerated, or forceful expressions of feeling. The Baroque style featured complex and often large-scale compositions that are often ornamented with intricate decorative details. Much of this ornamental element was popularized by Italian composers such as Antonio Vivaldi and Claudio Monteverdi. It was also during this period that the distinctive Baroque form of opera, known as the “dramma per musica” was developed. This period was one of the most illustrious and influential in music history, as composers such as J.S. Bach, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and George Philipp Telemann all emerged.