Students become acquainted with the characteristics and major events of the Baroque era. They will demonstrate knowledge of movement in high, middle, and low space, and will choreograph short movement patterns to accompany selections

In this Opera worksheet, students explore the history of opera and identify examples of a recitative. After reading a short conversation between two people, students create their own recitative. They write their own introduction to a...

This site offers brief biographical information about Vermeer but emphasizes his works. Over 20 paintings are featured as enlargeable images so you can get a close look at each one. Several works have in depth description and analysis...

Read about the artist and view his works. Click on the thumbnails to see the larger version of the picture.

This site from the Northern Arizona University contains the meanings of the symmetrical binary principle in Bach's music and several other composers of this period.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

This site gives a listing of CD's that have been recorded on organs throughout the world which are connected to Silbermann. Each CD listed has a description of the organ which is very interesting.

This website provides a listing of some of the prominent composers and musical personalities of the baroque period. Those underlined as links will take you to a short biographical article on that particular composer.