Painted in 1947, Baroque Music is an exuberant composition that celebrates Virginia Berresford’s passion for music. Two years before Baroque Music was executed, Berresford recalled an evening when a friend performed Bach’s widely known “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” in a church setting. In Baroque Music, the center of the composition is dominated by a group of baroque instruments, including trombones, a French horn, a harp, violas, a drum, and a large organ. Bells hang suspended throughout the scene, while arched pillars evoking stained glass windows fill the night sky with kaleidoscopic luminosity. The repetition of these visual forms mirrors the repeating, interweaving melodies of Bach’s Fugue.