According to my research on both the great Baroque composers, I feel that Johann Sebastian Bach has contributed more to the Baroque period then George Frederic Handel. Johann Sebastian Bach may not be well known to the public until the Baroque Revival by Mendelssohn in the Romantic period, but his works now are a lot more famous then Handel's works as his works are generally more influential to composers and it is far more interesting …showed first 75 words of 1204 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1204 total…comparing Messiah by George Frederic Handel and Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, although Messiah being the more famous one, Mass in B minor featured a lot more demands for the instrumentalist and the vocalist, rather than the simple chording of George Frederic Handel's compositions. After comparing all these points, I conclude that Johann Sebastian Bach is greater than George Frederic Handel in terms of contribution to the development of the Baroque period