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Music History — Eras and Composers

Musical periods and key composers from history

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maestro_marc 15 terms Sep 2, 2025
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Medieval Period
c. 500–1400; Gregorian chant; monophonic sacred music; Hildegard of Bingen
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Renaissance Period
c. 1400–1600; polyphony developed; Palestrina, Josquin des Prez
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Baroque Period
c. 1600–1750; Bach, Handel, Vivaldi; ornate and contrapuntal style
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Classical Period
c. 1750–1820; balance and clarity; Haydn, Mozart, early Beethoven
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Romantic Period
c. 1820–1900; emotional expression; Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Wagner
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque master; Brandenburg Concertos, Well-Tempered Clavier
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical genius; 41 symphonies, operas including Don Giovanni
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bridged Classical and Romantic eras; composed 9th Symphony while deaf
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Frédéric Chopin
Romantic piano composer; nocturnes, études, and mazurkas
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian Romantic composer; Swan Lake, Nutcracker, 1812 Overture
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Igor Stravinsky
20th century; The Rite of Spring caused a riot at its 1913 premiere
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Claude Debussy
French Impressionist composer; Clair de Lune; pioneered new harmonies
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Antonio Vivaldi
Baroque composer; The Four Seasons; prolific violin concertos
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George Frideric Handel
Baroque composer; Messiah oratorio; Hallelujah Chorus
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20th Century Period
Modernism, atonality, minimalism; Schoenberg, Cage, Glass, Prokofiev