The Baroque period is also known for a great expansion in classical music. Baroque composers include [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Antonio Vivaldi]], and [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. The period is characterized by tiered [[dynamics]] and the introduction of the Italian form (for the [[concerto]]) and the [[Sonata]] form (as a widely adopted musical organizational structure).
In literature, the Spanish baroque writers, as Quevedo, [[Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra|Miguel de Cervantes]], [[Lope de Vega]], [[Luis de Góngora]] and [[Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz]], are framed in the Spanish Golden Age. In German literature "Simplicius Simplicissimus" by Hans Jakob Christoffel, is the most famous novel of the Baroque period. English literature is represented by [[William Shakespeare]], [[John Fletcher]], [[Francis Beaumont]], [[John Donne]] and [[John Milton]].
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