The Baroque period thrived on the basis of composers coming together to create works of art of pure beauty, development and a cycle of musical evolution that would forever impact the great future of music. The developments that occurred during this period charted a vivid path towards the creation of the Classical period. Major composers of the Baroque era include Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Phillip Telemann, Jean-Philippe Rameau, George Frideric Handel, Johann Pachelbel, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Domenico Scarlatti, Allesandro Scarlatti, Claudio Monteverdi, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Francois Couperin . The Brandenburg Concerto No. Bach's No. 5 symbolizes the significant freedom that composers were fortunate enough to experience during the period in which Bach's piece flows with such elegance and grandeur, typical of the Baroque period. Handel's Messiah “He Shall Feed His Flock” embraces the beauty of musical artwork from this era as the piece alludes to the cultural changes of the time and offers the musical experimentation that thrived. While these composers played a vital role in the creation of a musical era, the people, cultural needs, and desire to create something great fueled the prosperous Baroque.