Editing Music (section)

===== Baroque =====
{{Main|Baroque music}}
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| title        = Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
| description  = [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|Toccata and Fugue]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]]
| filename     = Toccata et Fugue BWV565.ogg
| type         = music
}}
[[File:Johann Sebastian Bach.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[J. S. Bach]]]]
The Baroque era of music took place from 1600 to 1750, coinciding with the flourishing of the [[Baroque]] artistic style in Europe. The start of the Baroque era was marked by the penning of the first [[opera]]s. [[polyphony|Polyphonic]] [[Counterpoint|contrapuntal]] music (music with separate, simultaneous [[Melody|melodic lines]]) remained important during this period. German Baroque composers wrote for small [[Musical ensemble|ensembles]] including [[String section|strings]], [[Brass instrument|brass]], and [[Woodwind instrument|woodwinds]], as well as for [[choir]]s and keyboard instruments such as [[organ (music)|pipe organ]], [[harpsichord]], and [[clavichord]]. Musical complexity increased during this time. Several major musical forms were created, some of them which persisted into later periods, seeing further development. These include the [[fugue]], the [[Invention (musical composition)|invention]], the [[sonata]], and the [[concerto]].<ref name="sdsu">{{Cite web |last1=Elaine Thornburgh |author-link=Elaine Thornburgh |last2=Jack Logan |title=Baroque Music - Part One |url=http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Baroque_Music1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905175129/http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Baroque_Music1.html |archive-date=5 September 2015 |access-date=27 October 2015 |publisher=Music 345 }}</ref> The late Baroque style was polyphonically complex and richly ornamented. Important composers from the Baroque era include [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (''[[Bach cello suites|Cello suites]]''), [[George Frideric Handel]] (''[[Handel's Messiah|Messiah]]''), [[Georg Philipp Telemann]] and [[Antonio Vivaldi]] (''[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons]]'').