This eight page undergraduate paper examines classical music, which began to emerge as a distinct and popular form of music at the beginning of the seventeenth century, when the various kings and queens of Europe competed with one another in pride, pomp and pageantry. Many of these monarchs employed musical composers at their courts, who were considered little more than servants and were expected to produce music for any desired occasion. Johann Sebastian Bach, the greatest composer of the period, was retained in such a capacity.
