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The Baroque was the musical era from about 1600 to 1750. It is marked by ornateness, and heavy use of counterpoint. It was brought to it's culmination - and end - by J. S. Bach, the greatest of the Baroque composers, and generally credited as one of the greatest composers of all time. The other best-known composer of the Baroque was Handel. This was followed by a brief period called the Rococco, which had elements of both the Baroque and the emerging Classical period. The classical period was marked by much less use of counterpoint, and much more use of homophonic music, that is a melody line supported my harmonies. Haydn and Mozart's music defines the Classical.

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