Answer:
True. People still practice this to this day. But not in a sense of this anymore.
Step-By-Step
1) Feeling nervous is totally fine, but try to be confident.
2) Make your presentation look good. Clean, neat, correct usage of words, etc
3) Try not to stutter
4) Try your all
5) Make presenting your presentation at least somewhat entertaining
And obviously
DON’T PROCRASTINATE
It is true that the music of the Baroque period is the first to be among the musical pieces that people today are generally familiar with.