History and Background
- Scholarly articles from Grove Music Online
Baroque music, Claudio Monteverdi, Jacopo Peri, Michael Praetorius, Johann Schein, Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Schütz, Antonio Cesti, François Couperin, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Alessandro Scarlatti, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, opera, cantata, oratorio, sonata, basso continuo, concerto
- Articles from Wikipedia
Baroque music, Claudio Monteverdi, Jacopo Peri, Michael Praetorius, Johann Schein, Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Schütz, Antonio Cesti, François Couperin, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Alessandro Scarlatti, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, opera, cantata, oratorio, sonata, basso continuo, madrigal, seconda pratica, concerto
Music in the Baroque by Manfred F. Bukofzer is a more in-depth history
Another very readable and more inclusive history is Susan Lewis Hammond's Music in the Baroque World
Select Repertoire/Scores
Claudio Monteverdi, Jacopo Peri, Michael Praetorius, Johann Schein, Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Schütz, Antonio Cesti, François Couperin, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Alessandro Scarlatti, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Baroque Music from Classical Scores Library 
, Baroque era from IMSLP 
Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of Music by Anna Harriet Heyer is an invaluable resource to finding music in this era
Recent Researches in the Music of Baroque Era provides the scores and parts to many interesting works
Select Recordings
Claudio Monteverdi, Jacopo Peri, Michael Praetorius, Johann Schein, Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Schütz, Antonio Cesti, François Couperin, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Alessandro Scarlatti, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel
and DVDJohann Sebastien Bach : Brandenburgische Konzert, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. available online
George Frideric Handel : Messiah, English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock, cond. available online
Johann Sebastien Bach : Mass in B minor with the Monteverdi choir and English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, cond. might be the best B minor Mass ever recorded... available online
Arcangelo Corelli : Concerti Gossi, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, cond. and harpsichordist. availabe online
Jean Philippe Rameau : Pièces de clavecin is available in many formats. The two best are Online
and CD
Curated by JMU Music Faculty Paid for by JMU Open Access Resource
