Music periods

Music PeriodArticles
Medieval

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Renaissance

The music of the Renaissance era (1400-1600) originated in Europe, catching up fast to the other artistic branches of the movement. Common sacred...

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Baroque

In Western music, the period that extends from 1600 to 1750 is known as the /*Baroque*/ era. Derived from the Portuguese /barroco/ (oddly shaped p...

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Classical

The Classical era begins about 1735 and ends around 1825, overlapping a little with the surrounding periods of late Baroque [1] and early Romantic...

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Romantic

The Romantic period began around 1830 and ended by the early 1900s. During the *Romantic era*, the rigid forms of Classical [1] music gave way to ...

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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 music did ...

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21st Century Classical

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1920s

In the 1920s, the expansion and popularity of recorded music—previously made with the use of clumsy acoustic devices—skyrocketed due to the inven...

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1930s

The music of the 1930s underwent a dramatic change from the trends of the previous decade through the introduction of the novel inventions of the ...

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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 that ha...

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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' roll*/...

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1960s

The 1960s could be rightfully called the cornerstone of major cultural shifts in the 20th century. Social changes rocked the world of popular mus...

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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 were set ...

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1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Indian Classical

Indian classical music can be traced to the centuries leading up to the /*Natya Shastra*/ manuscript which is the earliest Sanskrit document that ...

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