During the Baroque era, Astronomy was still a new field and science was a gentleman's pass time, about twenty years before Issac Newton had introduced a new, better type of telescope that gave a clearer,closer look at the heavens.
Tomaso Albinoni ( 1671-1750) who was a comtemporary of The Red Priest, Antonio Vivaldi came from a wealthy family and was provided with a well rounded education that most likely included science. Here are some experts from a serenata he wrote devoted to the planets, these are very beautiful, but unfortunately not widely known about or recorded. I happened upon this beautiful serenata on a Twitter search of all places leading me to a youtube video and instantly fell in love
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