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How much music was a baroque composer expected to write?

Baroque composers were prolific, and were often under pressure to produce a large amount of music. It was not unusual for a composer to write:

- 52 cantatas per year

- 20 orchestral suites

- 20 concerti grossi

- 1 grand psalm cycle with 150 psalm settings

- 100 church sonatas

- 5 grand passions

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