music periods in wcm

Periods of European art music

Early

Medieval (500 – 1400)
Renaissance (1400 – 1600)
Baroque (1600 – 1760)

Common practice

Baroque (1600 – 1760)
Classical (1730 – 1820)
Romantic (1815 – 1910)

Modern and contemporary

20th century (1900 – 2000)
Contemporary (1975 – present)