The chords used in major and minor tonalities were also major or minor - or diatonic. The use of ground bass was common in the Baroque period. Composers would use a ground bass to structure their ...

On the other hand, there was a fascination with disorder, with the irrational, with all that does not fit into existing classifications, with illusion, and with rebellion against order […] Walter ...

Two dozen works from museums and private collectors around the world are on display, with some reunited for the first time in centuries ... Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini.