The encyclopedia offers a comprehensive compendium on Baroque music from approximately 1600 to 1750 and the cultural phenomena associated with music during this period. It includes biographical articles about musicians and relevant figures in music, cultural centers and movements, musical terminology, and concepts from other disciplines such as visual arts, architecture, literature, theater, history, philosophy, theology, social history, medicine, and natural sciences, as they relate to music. The articles, based on the latest research, are written in easily understandable language and are aimed not only at a specialist audience but also at a broader readership interested in music.