Music periods

Music Period	Articles
Medieval	7
Renaissance The music of the Renaissance era (1400-1600) originated in Europe, catching up fast to the other artistic branches of the movement....	23
Baroque In Western music, the period that extends from 1600 to 1750 is known as the Baroque era. Derived from the Portuguese barroco (oddly...	71
Classical The Classical era begins about 1735 and ends around 1825, overlapping a little with the surrounding periods of late Baroque and early...	39
Romantic The Romantic period began around 1830 and ended by the early 1900s. During the Romantic era, the rigid forms of Classical music gave way to...	70
20st Century Classical The rich history of the 20th century directly inspired the diverse range of musical styles developed between 1900 and 1999. This era of...	110
21st Century Classical	23
1920s In the 1920s, the expansion and popularity of recorded music—previously made with the use of clumsy acoustic devices—skyrocketed due to...	16
1930s The music of the 1930s underwent a dramatic change from the trends of the previous decade through the introduction of the...	37
1940s In the early 1940s, the evolution of sound recording had opened the doors for the pre-recorded songs to be played on the radio, the medium...	29
1950s The biggest change in the popular music of the 1950s was undoubtedly the more open leanings towards the new genre of he s-called rock 'n'...	33
1960s The 1960s could be rightfully called the cornerstone of major cultural shifts in the 20th century. Social changes rocked the world of...	91
1970s The styles that would come to define the pop music of the 1970s were, naturally, the result of the constant evolution of the trends that...	117
1980s	45
1990s	40
2000s	47
2010s	58
2020s	2
Indian Classical Indian classical music can be traced to the centuries leading up to the Natya Shastra manuscript which is the earliest Sanskrit document...	62