Music of the Classical Civilizations

Music of the Middle Ages

Music in the Modern Period

• Renaissance
• Baroque
• Rococo and Classica
• Romantic
• Late Romantic
• Modern

© 2003 David Koeller.  All rights reserved.

Prehistory: 30,000 BC - 3,000 BC

Music of the Classical Civilizations: 3,000 BC- AD 500

8000-600 BC: Mesopotamia

3,000-270 BC: Egypt

1230-100 BC: Greece

700 BC-AD 325: Rome

325-1453: Byzantium

Music of the Middle Ages: 475-1500

475-1000: The Dark Ages

1000-1350: The High Middle Ages

1350-1500: The Late Middle Ages

Music of the Modern Period: 1500-present

1400-1600: Renaissance

1600-1750: Baroque

1700-1800: Rococo and Classical

1790-1850: Romantic

1850-1910: Late Romantic

1910-1950: Modern

1950-present: Recent

Text copyright 1996-9 by David W. Koeller. All rights reserved.