when was the baroque period

The Baroque period is generally dated from around 1600 to 1750.

Quick Scoop

• Most historians and musicologists place the Baroque era between 1600 and 1750.

• In the arts (like painting and architecture), it begins in the late 1500s and runs through the early 1700s, but 1600–1750 is the most commonly quoted span.

Think of it as the era after the Renaissance and before the Classical period in European culture, covering roughly the 17th century and the first half of the 18th.

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