Baroque instruments

Musical instruments used in Baroque music were partly used already before, partly are still in use today, but with no technology.^[1] The movement to perform music in a historically informed way, trying to recreate the sound of the period, led to the use of historic instruments of the period and to the reconstruction of instruments.

The following table lists instruments, classified as brass instruments, woodwinds, strings, and basso continuo. The continuous bass is played by a group of instruments, depending on the given situation. Many instruments have an Italian or French name which is used as a common name also in English. The use of instruments by composers is shown in examples mostly by Johann Sebastian Bach.

^ From Renaissance to Baroque : change in instruments and instrumental music in the seventeenth century : proceedings of the National Early Music Association Conference held, in association with the Department of Music, University of York and the York Early Music Festival, at the University College of Ripon and York St. John, York, 2-4 July 1999. Jonathan P. Wainwright, Peter Holman, University of York. Department of Music, York Musical Festival. London: Routledge. 2016. ISBN 978-1-351-56626-1. OCLC 993761721.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[1] From Renaissance to Baroque : change in instruments and instrumental music in the seventeenth century : proceedings of the National Early Music Association Conference held, in association with the Department of Music, University of York and the York Early Music Festival, at the University College of Ripon and York St. John, York, 2-4 July 1999. Jonathan P. Wainwright, Peter Holman, University of York. Department of Music, York Musical Festival. London: Routledge. 2016. ISBN 978-1-351-56626-1. OCLC 993761721.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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