What were two major influences on german baroque music? how did these factors influence the music? how did music differ before and after bach? how have the performances of baroque music changed (in terms of tempi, balance and timbre) from the baroque period to today? what is a baroque spirit when playing music? at the bottom of the page that discusses baroque music performance, there are some examples of music that you can listen to. these examples often use different instruments than we are used to hearing today. what are some of these instruments? how is the sound of the music different than what we might hear today? who was arcangelo corelli? what are some of his contributions to classical music? who was gottried silbermann? after listening to some of the music samples, how would you describe baroque music to someone who had not heard it before? choose at least one piece of music to discuss in detail. what instruments do you think the work uses? who composed the work? what does the work sound like?