chart below from
The period of time in the past before people could write: the time before history was written down (Merriam-Webster)
Significant traces about this period were found in: Western Asia, Middle East, North Africa
*c = circa
** c. = century
BC = before Christ
AD/ A.D. = anno Domini (Latin) = “in the year of our Lord”
from Bach's death until Beethoven's maturity -
and so forth...
Traditionalist Trends
Composers not included in the stylistic trends - Ravel, Enescu, Bartók, Strawinsky, Messiaen etc.
Avant-Garde in Music
Jazz
Rock
Multimedia
The musical timeline can be split on two main ages:
In the evolution of the musical styles, the 'epicenter' consists in the Classical period, 18th Century, for the following reasons: