Baroque Music

Baroque music

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History of European art music

Early

Medieval (500 – 1400)

Renaissance (1400 – 1600)

Common practice

Baroque (1600 – 1760)

Classical (1730 – 1820)

Romantic (1815 – 1910)

Modern and contemporary

20th century classical (1900 – 2000)

Contemporary classical (1975 – present)

Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750.[1] This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance and was followed by the Classical music era. The original meaning of "baroque" is "irregular pearl", a strikingly fitting characterization of the architecture of this period; later, the name came to be applied also to its music. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon, being widely studied, performed, and listened to. It is associated with composers such as Claudio