Introduction
What is Western Classical Music?
In technical musical usage this means music composed during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,characterized by the development of the sonata by such composers as Mozart. In popular use, however, the term isused to mean any serious art music as distinct from jazz, pop, or folk.
Periods of Western Classical Music
Medievl era
Renaissance era
baroque era
classical era or period
romantic era
impressionist era
Modern and high modern (style era)
contempory or postmodern (style era)
21st century (calander era)