| Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Representative Pieces |
| Albinoni, Tomaso | 1671 | 1751 | Italian | Oboe Concerto No. 2 in D Minor (oboe and strings)
Il Nascimento de l’Aurora (opera) |
Bach, Johann Sebastian
ML410 .B1 | 1685 | 1750 | German | Mass in B Minor
Brandenburg Concertos (chamber)
St. Matthew Passion (oratorio)
The Well-Tempered Clavier (keyboard) |
| Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz | 1644 | 1704 | Bohemian-Austrian | Mysteries of the Rosary (violin and continuo)
Missa Salisburgensis (mass) |
Buxtehude, Dieterich
ML410 .B99 | ~1637 | 1707 | German-Danish | 19 Preludes (organ)
Membra Jesu Nostri (cantatas) |
| Carissimi, Giacomo | 1605 | 1674 | Italian | Jephte (oratorio) |
Cavalli, Francesco
ML410 .C3913 | 1602 | 1676 | Italian | Magnificats (choir)
L’Artemisia (opera) |
| Charpentier, Marc-Antoine | 1645 | 1704 | French | Te Deum (motet)
Médée (opera) |
Corelli, Arcangelo
ML410 .C78 | 1653 | 1713 | Italian | Christmas Concerto (chamber)
Trio Sonatas, Op. 3 (violins and continuo) |
Couperin, François
ML410 .C855 | 1668 | 1733 | French | Leçons de ténèbres (voice, bass viol, & organ)
The Art of Playing the Harpsichord |
Frescobaldi, Girolamo
ML410 .F85 | 1583 | 1643 | Italian | Fiori musicali (organ)
Toccate e partite (keyboard) |
| Galuppi, Baldassare | 1706 | 1785 | Italian | La clemenza di Tito (opera)
L’oracolo del Vaticano (voices and orchestra) |
Geminiani, Francesco
ML410 .G26 | 1687 | 1762 | Italian | Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 (strings and continuo) |
Gibbons, Orlando
ML410 .G295 | 1583 | 1625 | English | The Silver Swan (madrigal)
Lord Salisbury’s Pavan (virginal) |
Handel, George Frideric
ML410 .H13 | 1685 | 1759 | German | Messiah (oratorio)
Julius Caesar (opera)
Suite No. 5 in E major (harpsichord)
Music for the Royal Fireworks (wind band) |
| Lotti, Antonio | ~1667 | 1740 | Italian | Missa Sapientiae (mass) |
| Lully, Jean-Baptiste | 1632 | 1687 | French | Alceste (opera)
Ballet de la Raillerie (chamber)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (comedy ballet) |
Monteverdi, Claudio
ML410 .M77 | 1567 | 1643 | Italian | L’Orfeo (opera)
8th Book of Madrigals “Madrigals of War and Love”
Vespro della Beata Vergine (voices, chorus, and orchestra) |
| Pachelbel, Johann | 1653 | 1706 | German | Canon and Gigue in D (3 violins and basso continuo)
Toccata in E Minor (organ) |
| Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista | 1710 | 1736 | Italian | Stabat Mater (chamber)
La serva padrona (opera buffa) |
| Peri, Jacopo | 1561 | 1633 | Italian | Euridice (opera) |
| Praetorius, Michael | 1571 | 1621 | German | Musae Sioniae (choir)
Terpsichore (instrumental dances) |
Purcell, Henry
ML410 .P93 | 1659 | 1695 | English | The Fairy Queen (semi-opera)
Te Deum (choir and orchestra)
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (choir and orchestra) |
| Quantz, Johann Joachim | 1697 | 1773 | German | Flute concerto in D Major “Potsdam” (flute and continuo) |
Rameau, Jean-Phillippe
ML410 .R2 | 1683 | 1764 | French | Pièces de clavecin (harpsichord)
Pygmalion (opera) |
| Sammartini, Giovanni Battista | ~1700 | 1775 | Italian | Symphony in G Minor (string orchestra)
Magnificat in Bb Major (choir and orchestra) |
Scarlatti, Alessandro
ML410 .S22 | 1660 | 1725 | Italian | La Giuditta (opera)
St. Cecilia Mass |
Scarlatti, Domenico
ML410 .S221 | 1685 | 1757 | Italian | Essercizi (keyboard)
Salve Regina (choir) |
| Scheidt, Samuel | 1587 | 1653 | German | Tabulatura nova (organ)
Ludi musici (chamber) |
| Schein, Johann Hermann | 1586 | 1630 | German | Banchetto musicale (chamber)
Fontana d’Israel (choir and chamber ensemble) |
Schütz, Heinrich
ML410 .S35 | 1585 | 1672 | German | Cantiones sacrae (choir and organ)
Musikalische exequien (vocal) |
| Strozzi, Barbara | 1619 | 1677 | Italian | Arie a voce sola (soprano and continuo) |
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon
ML410 .S97 | 1562 | 1621 | Dutch | Cantiones Sacrae (vocal)
Onder een linde groen (organ) |
| Tartini, Giuseppe | 1692 | 1770 | Italian | Devil’s Trill Sonata (in G Minor) (violin)
Violin Concerto in D Major (violin and string orchestra) |
Telemann, Georg Phillipp
ML410 .T26 | 1681 | 1767 | German | Tafelmusik (chamber)
St. Matthew Passion (choir and orchestra)
Viola Concerto in G Major (viola and orchestra) |
Vivaldi, Antonio
ML410 .V82 | 1678 | 1741 | Italian | The Four Seasons (violin and orchestra)
Juditha triumphans (oratorio)
Gloria (choir)
Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in G major |
| Zelenka, Johann Dismas | 1679 | 1745 | Czech | Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis (mass)
Capriccio in G Major (orchestra) |