Exactly.
Even though Bach was a barouque period composer, I don't think he is thought of as a quintessential baroque composer like Handel is today.
Bach is, well, in his own category.
I think you touched on it though - baroque celebrates the order of the universe.
But I have a weakness for baroque melody. I love Vivaldi. Isn't it amazing how many movies of the last 30 to 40 years have incorporated his work? The composer John Williams (who has written and conducted the musical scores for all of Spielberg's movies except for one) said he has used the influence of the great baroque masters in his scores.
Check this out:
John Williams - His film music and their influences
This is "Han and Leia's Theme" by Williams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxYIyPVo_Go
The melody is straight out of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D.
Wow, how funny. I had just dowloaded most of John Williams music for cinema yesterday afternoon before you responded. Leia's Theme is the real gem. The horns are straight out of P.I.T.'s Romeo and Juliet Overture.
John Williams is the only modern composer worthy of the Classical pantheon. He is a genius on par with the greats. His Exultate Justi from Empire of the Sun is of Handelian magnitude, and he borrows from Wagner’s Ring Cycle for some of his Star Wars phrasings.
He is also a guitar virtuoso. And a conductor of the first order. A brilliant, brilliant man.
Vivaldi, Scarlotti, Telemann ... Intricate, ornate, vivacious ...