movement alessandro grandi
___MASK20___ ( or ) is a style of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750 . This era followed the Renaissance music era , and was followed in turn by the Classical era . ___MASK20___ forms a major portion of the " classical music " canon , being widely studied , performed , and listened to . Key composers of the Baroque era include Johann Sebastian Bach , Antonio Vivaldi , George Frideric Handel , Claudio Monteverdi , Domenico Scarlatti , Alessandro Scarlatti , Henry Purcell , Georg Philipp Telemann , Jean - Baptiste Lully , Jean - Philippe Rameau , Marc - Antoine Charpentier , Arcangelo Corelli , Tomaso Albinoni , François Couperin , Giuseppe Tartini , Heinrich Schütz , Giovanni Battista Pergolesi , Dieterich Buxtehude , and Johann Pachelbel . Concertato is a term in early ___MASK20___ referring to either a " genre " or a " style " of music in which groups of instruments or voices share a melody , usually in alternation , and almost always over a basso continuo . The term derives from Italian " concerto " which means " playing together "  hence " concertato " means " in the style of a concerto ." In contemporary usage , the term is almost always used as an adjective , for example " three pieces from the set are in " concertato " style ." Alessandro Grandi ( 1586 -- after June 1630 , but in that year ) was a northern Italian composer of the early ___MASK73___ era , writing in the new concertato style . He was one of the most inventive , influential and popular composers of the time , probably second only to Monteverdi in northern Italy .