George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...

The chords used in major and minor tonalities were also major or minor - or diatonic. The use of ground bass was common in the Baroque period. Composers would use a ground bass to structure their ...

If a Baroque composer wanted a longer sound on the harpsichord, he would have had to add ornaments such as trills and mordents. A mordent is a shorter ornament, with a note played, the note above ...