- Baroque Music: Composers - http://baroque-music.com/frames/info/composers.shtml
Biographical sketches of thirty-six composers from the period.
- Baroque Composers - http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composersbar.html
List of names arranged by death date from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers. Includes links to individual biographies and further resources.
- Baroque: 1600-1750 - http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/baroque.html
Introduction to the period from Essentials of Music linked to details on historical themes, musical context, style, and composer biographies.
- Baroque Music - http://www.baroquemusic.org/
Articles, suggested recordings, links, biographies, portraits, plus music samples, notes on performance, information on the lute-harpsichord and the Baroque violin bow, and background on organ builder Gottfried Silbermann.
- Kunst der Fuge - 17th c. - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/600.htm
Inclusive list of fugues written in the 1600's, comprising all the relevant repertory up to date and links to classical musician pages.
- Music History 102: The Baroque Age - http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/bar/index.htm
Composers, major styles and developments, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM sound files.
- Baroque Music - http://www.kipar.org/historical-resources/music.html
Brief studies of styles and composers from throughout the period. Links to related topics, including images, history, and clothing.
- Baroque Composers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Baroque_composers
Alphabetical index of over 100 Wikipedia articles plus internal links to related material.
- The Italian Seicento (17th Century) - http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodV.html
Traces the beginning of opera in Florence with links to biographies of composers and related material. From the Here Of a Sunday Morning radio program.
- German Baroque Music (17th Century) - http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodVI.html
Follows the development of the new music from Italy with emphasis on Schütz and Schein. From the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
- Western Europe from 1650 to 1750 - http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodVII.html
Overview of new musical developments with special focus on Purcell, Couperin, Lully, and Rameau from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
- The Italian Settecento (18th Century) - http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodVIII.html
Summary of developments in Bel Canto and Opera Buffa as well as instrumental developments with links to biographies and related material from the Here Of a Sunday Morning radio program.
- The German Pre-Classics (1700-1760) - http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodXI.html
Follows the popularizing of late Baroque musical styles, emphasizing Frederick the Great, Quantz, Graun, and Telemann. From the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
- Early Baroque (1600-1680) - http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=i&a=l&ID=3
Background information, resources, and biographies and keyworks of the composers from The Conservatory at Humanities Web.
- Late Baroque (1680-1750) - http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=i&a=l&ID=4
Background information, resources, biographies, and key works of the composers from The Conservatory at Humanities Web.
- 18th Century English Music - http://www.rslade.co.uk
Biographies of several composers, portraits, and in-depth illustrated history of the period.
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