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 ...

For example, the ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles depicts the early reign of King Louis XIV. Like the spread of ...

This book combines several histories - print, archaeology, and architecture - in the attempt to identify early modern strategies of recovering lost Rome. Many books have been written on antiquity in ...

Caravaggio's revolutionary style helped anticipate the Baroque period. However the sudden end of his dramatic and turbulent ...

On offer Dec. 7 is “a very entertaining, fun evening of comic theater, laced with human drama and pathos along the way,” ...

In addition to brilliant VISUAL colors, there can be “color” in music, too. You’ll hear a rainbow of musical colors includes ...

Some are forgotten, some fell into the shadows, and others are just being revived, but these Baroque pop albums are priceless ...