Baroque Composers.

1. BAROQUE COMPOSERS

2. JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY

3. JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
 He was born in Italy in
1632.
 He studied in France the
Violin and Guitar
 He was known as a
dancer.

4.  He conducted Operas
and other music
events for the royal
courts.
 He was considered a
French composer
because he lived all
his life in France.
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY

5.  He established the form
of French Ouverture.
 His compositions:
Motets, Dances, Suites
for Trumpets and
Strings.
 He died in 1687.
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY

6. ANTONIO VIVALDI

7. ANTONIO VIVALDI
 He was born in
Venice in Italy in
1678.
 His father taught him
to play Violin.

8.  He became a priest
but he continued to
study and practice the
Violin.
 He had red hair, So he
was called the "Red
Priest".
ANTONIO VIVALDI

9.  He was the best
Italian composer of
his time.
 He wrote 500
Concertos, Operas
and Church Music.
 He died in 1741.
ANTONIO VIVALDI

10. GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL

11. GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
 He was born in
Germany in 1685.
 He was very
interested in music
but his father was
not, and wanted
him to study law.

12.  Handel loved the
Opera, he went to Italy
in order to learn about
that.
 He was hired as court
composer to a prince
in Germany.
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL

13.  After Operas, he started
composing Oratorios.
 He wrote 420 Operas, 29
Oratorios, 16 Organ
Concerts and 120
Cantatas.
 He died in 1759.
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL

14. JEAN-SEBASTIAN BACH

15. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
 He was born in
Germany in 1685.
 His father was his
first teacher.
 His Brother was a
church organist, so
he became a very
good organist too.

16.  He went to
Lüneburg in order
to learn more about
the Organ.
 He played music in
order to get money.
 He was the director
of St Tomas Church
& School.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

17.  He wrote all kinds of
music for Organ and
other Keyboards,
Orchestras , Choirs
and Concertos.
 He was considered
the best composer of
the Baroque Period.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

18.  No one really
knew about his
music until 100
years after his
death.
 He lost his sight at
the age of 64.
 He died in 1750.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH