Western Music History
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Western Music History can be traced back to Medieval times, with the Introduction of Chanting (later termed Gregorian Chanting) into the Catholic church services. Western Music then started becoming more of an art form with the advances in music notation that occured in the Renaissance period. We then have expansions of range and complexity as we move into the Baroque era. The Classical era gives us the emotional power associated with such composers as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Romanticism then transforms the rigid styles and forms of the Classical era into more individualistic stylizations. Tonality was at its peak during this period, then Impressionist music paved the way to the use of extreme dissonances in the music of the Modern era. This process continued into the current Contemporary period of music.
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1. Medieval Music (476 A.D. to 1400 A.D.)
2. Renaissance Music (1400 A.D. to 1600 A.D.)
3. Baroque Music (1600 A.D. to 1750 A.D.)
4. Classical Music (1750 A.D. to 1820 A.D.)
5. Romantic Music (1820 A.D. to 1900 A.D.)
6. Modern Music (1900 A.D. to 1945 A.D.)
7. Contemporary Music (1945 A.D. to present)
