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 ...

Christopher Monks directs a deft performance from the Armonico Consort in this recording of the late-Baroque composer’s only surviving oratorio ...

Naomi: Sit tight for a ‘rock and roll-a-coaster’ ride as we explore our current period ... baroque piece, Pachelbel’s ‘Canon’, that has been copied and transformed by modern composers ...