Dramatic and ornamental – but with a distinctly Sarmatian flair – the baroque became a prominent style in Polish culture between the early 17th and mid-18th century. Its roots lay in the traditions of ...

Another epoch in art, the Baroque, took its fullest form when another dynasty of rulers, the House of Vasa, sat on the Polish throne. It lasted until the end of the 17th century, until the death of ...

He was a madman,” says oboist Caitlin Broms-Jacobs about 17th-century composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. “They used to conduct ...

to direct “Caravaggio,” a movie that Ward-Jackson co-wrote about the life of the early 17th-century Baroque painter. Being in that sunlit hall again reminded him of all that he loves about ...

Which is this play. He was one of the most innovative and exciting composers of the 17th century. There are over 300 works attributed to him. He invented the concerto grosso. He was also the first ...

Elias Ashmole, a 17th-century politician and collector John ... 116” had been transformed into a song set to music by the Baroque composer Henry Lawes. It also features several additional ...