{"id":25040,"date":"2023-03-14T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T12:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=149990"},"modified":"2023-03-14T16:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:34:54","slug":"what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the different periods of classical music?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Beek guides us through the different historical periods of classical music, from the medieval times to the modern day <\/p>

By Michael Beek\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Classical music can now largely be split into seven main periods, each with their own stylistic characteristics, innovations, offshoot movements and star names. Of course there\u2019s all kinds of crossover to be found at either end, but here\u2019s the basics\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2>Early Music<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0Till 1400<\/h2>\nThis actually covers a huge period \u2013 essentially everything that happened till the Renaissance, when things started to really take off. Religion played a huge role, the church being one of the only arenas for public music-making.<\/p>\n<section class=\""highlight\"> <div class=\""highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/best-medieval-composers\/"\">Best medieval composers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/medieval-music-guide\/"\">A guide to medieval music<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> As such, music for the voice is massively important at this time. There were noisemakers, though\u2026 percussion and wind instruments can of course be traced back to early humans \u2013 actual horns, bone flutes and alike \u2013 but they became more advanced. There were bagpipes, too! Around 1400 the earliest harpsichords begin to make an appearance.<\/p>\n<h3>Who are the early music pioneers?<\/strong><\/h3>\nComposers like <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/life-hildegard-von-bingen\/"\">Hildegard von Bingen<\/a><\/strong>, Dufay, P\u00e9rotin and Machaut.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/music-hildegard-von-bingen\/"\">The Music of Hildegard von Bingen<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRecommended recording: The Early Music Collection (Naxos)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Early-Music-Collection-Various-Naxos\/dp\/B07RC8YZP3\/ref=sr_1_1?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<iframe title=\""Hildegard\" von=\"\" bingen=\"\" canticles=\"\" of=\"\" ecstasy=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ei88J4lERbk?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h2>Renaissance<\/strong> \u2013 1400-1600<\/h2>\nThe <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/a-guide-to-renaissance-music\/"\">Renaissance music period<\/a><\/strong> is a bit like the curtains finally being opened in Miss Havisham\u2019s dark, dusty old sitting room, the light streaming in at last.<\/p>\nMusic is revived, reborn if you will, composers allowed to think beyond the church walls. Science, art and mythology all become fair game for inspiring new music. That said, the church is still massively influential and if Top of the Pops<\/em> was on, sacred works would continue to dominate the chart. So choral music is king, but stringed instruments are on the rise; viols,<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/guide-lute\/"\"> lute<\/a><\/strong>, cello, etc. <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/instruments\/when-was-the-organ-invented\/"\">Organs<\/a> <\/strong>are cool, too, and the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/whats-the-difference-between-a-harpsichord-and-a-piano\/"\">harpsichord<\/a><\/strong> comes into its own. Oh, and notated music is becoming a thing now, thanks to to something called printing.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/six-of-the-best-organs-in-the-world\/"\">Six of the best pipe organs in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Who are the famous composers in the Renaissance period?<\/h3>\nThe most <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/best-renaissance-composers\/"\">famous<\/strong> Renaissance composers<\/strong><\/a> include\u00a0<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/who-was-josquin-des-prez\/"\">Josquin des Prez<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/thomas-tallis\/"\">Thomas Tallis<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/carlo-gesualdo\/"\">Gesualdo<\/a><\/strong> and John Dowland\u2026 plus the likes of <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/claudio-monteverdi\/"\">Monteverdi<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/orlando-gibbons\/"\">Gibbons<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/william-byrd\/"\">Byrd<\/a><\/strong>, whose music-making would go on into the next period.<\/p>\nRecommended recording: The Hilliard Ensemble \u2013 Renaissance Music<\/em> (Erato)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Renaissance-Hilliard-Ensemble\/dp\/B01GSUHVK2\/ref=sr_1_8?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<iframe title=\""Josquin\" des=\"\" prez:=\"\" miserere=\"\" mei=\"\" deus=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6pBEHBXmKk?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h2>Baroque<\/strong> \u2013 1600-1750<\/h2>\nOkay, so the curtains are open and the light\u2019s streaming in. But now, it\u2019s time to re-decorate! The Baroque is all about excess and ornament. So, music really begins to dazzle, composers \u2013 and musicians \u2013 start to show off a bit. Classical music kind of comes into its own during this time, the forms, structures and techniques we are familiar with today are set out in the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/baroque-music-guide\/"\">Baroque<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\nMajor and minor keys are used (instead of \u2018modes\u2019), notation systems are updated, forms (like the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-fugue\/"\">Fugue<\/a>) developed and a little thing called the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-instruments-make-up-an-orchestra\/"\">orchestra<\/a><\/strong> rears its head. Then there\u2019s opera, that\u2019s new too, along with all manner of other \u2018types\u2019 of work. With the orchestra comes the very early signs of the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-symphony\/"\">symphony<\/a><\/strong>, while <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-concerto\/"\">concertos<\/a><\/strong> are a popular format for composers. Instrument-wise, strings really come into their own, along with woodwind, valveless horns and trumpets and the timpani. Boom!<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/who-wrote-the-first-symphony\/"\">Who wrote the first ever symphony?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-was-the-first-opera-ever-written\/"\">What was the first opera ever written?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWho are the big\u00a0 composing names of the <\/strong>Baroque period?<\/strong><\/p>\nBaroque has many poster boys, like <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/johann-sebastian-bach\/"\">JS Bach<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/george-frideric-handel\/"\">Handel<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/antonio-vivaldi\/"\">Vivaldi<\/a><\/strong>, Corelli, Monteverdi (he\u2019s still about), Telemann, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/domenico-scarlatti\/"\">Scarlatti<\/a><\/strong>, Couperin\u2026 the list goes on (not Liszt, though, he comes later). Here are our\u00a0<a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/top-10-baroque-composers\/"\">top\u00a0 Baroque composers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nRecommended recording: Baroque<\/em> (Harmonia Mundi)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Baroque-harmonia-mundi-Gold-set\/dp\/B005BZBXZA\/ref=sr_1_12?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Classical<\/strong> \u2013 1750-1830<\/h2>\nConfusingly there\u2019s a classical period actually called \u2018Classical\u2019\u2026 But, if you think about what\u2019s happening in art, literature and architecture it makes a lot of sense. Form, structure and clean lines really float people\u2019s boats right now. So, the flowery wallpaper has been stripped and the frilly, trilly bits in music begin to bow out, making way for lighter, clearer musical lines.<\/p>\nLess is more, so instrumental music is on the rise and the piano sonata is popular. The orchestra has come into its own, the symphony and <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-string-quartet\/"\">string quartet<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 largely thanks to <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/joseph-haydn-2\/"\">Haydn<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 are things composers aim to conquer, along with more opera and choral music. Then there\u2019s the whole \u2018<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/sturm-und-drang-movement-what-was-it-and-when-did-it-take-place\/"\">Sturm und Drang<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 movement \u2013 again, led by Haydn \u2013 with an emphasis on tumult and darker sonorities. Instruments are getting even closer to what we still use today, brass instruments eventually have valves and the popularity of the fortepiano means the concert grand is just around the corner.<\/p>\n<h3>Who are the most famous composers of the classical period?<\/strong><\/h3>\nTime to bring out the big guns\u2026 Haydn, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/ludwig-van-beethoven\/"\">Beethoven<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/mozart\/"\">Mozart<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/franz-schubert\/"\">Schubert<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/carl-philipp-emanuel-bach\/"\">CPE Bach<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/gioachino-rossini\/"\">Rossini<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/niccolo-paganini\/"\">Paganini<\/a><\/strong>, Boccherini\u2026 and the rest.<\/p>\nRecommended recording: The Complete Haydn Concertos<\/em> (Naxos)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Haydn-Complete-Concertos-Joseph\/dp\/B001NZA0GK\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Haydn&qid=1616756100&s=music&sr=1-1&tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Romantic<\/strong> \u2013 1830-1900<\/h2>\nPassions ran high in the Romantic era; drama, expression, poetry and tall tales were the order of the day. The shining marble columns of the Classical era began to dull, crack even, as composers just wanted to loosen their collars. Music really began to \u2018say\u2019 something directly to audiences, works began to have more meaning, or at least were more extrovert, and their connections to art and literature were clear for all to hear. Lieder, art song and <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/whats-the-difference-between-chamber-music-and-orchestral-music\/"\">chamber music<\/a><\/strong> really came into their own \u2013 the French salon scene was popular with a thriving middle- and upper-middle class. Opera and ballet also boomed, with the likes of <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/richard-wagner\/"\">Wagner<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/giuseppe-verdi\/"\">Verdi<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/giacomo-puccini\/"\">Puccini<\/a> <\/strong>and <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky\/"\">Tchaikovsky<\/a><\/strong> on the scene. The <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/who-invented-the-piano\/"\">piano<\/a><\/strong> evolved into the instrument we know and love \u2013 <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/who-invented-the-steinway-piano\/"\">Steinway<\/a><\/strong> was founded in the 1850s.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/what-was-war-romantics\/"\">What was the War of the Romantics?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Who are the most famous Romantic composers?<\/strong><\/h3>\nTchaikovsky, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/gustav-mahler\/"\">Mahler<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/johannes-brahms\/"\">Brahms<\/a><\/strong>, Johann Strauss II, Wagner, Verdi, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/robert-schumann\/"\">Robert Schumann<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/frederic-chopin\/"\">Chopin<\/a><\/strong>, Liszt, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/felix-mendelssohn\/"\">Felix Mendelssohn<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/hector-berlioz\/"\">Berlioz<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/antonin-dvorak\/"\">Dvo\u0159\u00e1k<\/a><\/strong>, Puccini\u2026 The likes of <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/edward-elgar\/"\">Elgar<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/claude-debussy\/"\">Debussy<\/a><\/strong> and Faur\u00e9 were about later on, too, and they would go on to dominate the early 20th-Century period. Here are our top <a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/fifteen-best-romantic-composers\/"\">15 Romantic composers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nRecommended recording: Chopin \u2013 Complete Edition<\/em> (DG)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Complete-Argerich-Martineau-Krystian-Zimerman\/dp\/B002NFCHBA\/ref=sr_1_1?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>20th<\/sup> Century<\/strong> \u2013 1900-2000<\/h2>\nThe dawn of a new century! The world\u2019s increasingly complex political landscape inspired a lot of artists and composers. So the first decades of this era include responses to conflict, political oppression and the atomic age.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/was-1910-19-the-best-decade-for-english-music\/"\">Was 1910-19 the best decade for English music?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/1918-2018-20-works-defined-century\/"\">1918-2018: 20 works that defined a century<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nStylistically it\u2019s a case of \u2018anything goes\u2019, with the Second Viennese School (<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/arnold-schoenberg\/"\">Schoenberg<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/alban-berg\/"\">Berg<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/anton-von-webern\/"\">Webern<\/a><\/strong>\u2026) aiming to show the world that tonal music ain\u2019t all that. Patterns, pictures and abstract sounds float to the surface; Impressionists are doing their thing in France, as are the Minimalists in the US. Brand new art forms emerge, with the cinema offering composers new opportunities. Technology evolves at an astonishing pace and in no time we have strange new sounds competing with (and joining) the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-instruments-make-up-an-orchestra\/"\">orchestra<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 from the sound waves of the theremin to the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/guide-moog-synthesisers\/"\">Moog synthesiser<\/a><\/strong> and beyond. The sky is really the limit for music by the end of the period.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/politics-dmitri-shostakovich\/"\">The politics of Dmitri Shostakovich<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Who were the most famous composers of the 20th century?<\/strong><\/h3>\nElgar, Debussy, Faur\u00e9 (told you they\u2019d be back), plus <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/gustav-holst\/"\">Holst<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/benjamin-britten\/"\">Britten<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/dmitri-shostakovich\/"\">Shostakovich<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/sergey-prokofiev\/"\">Prokofiev<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/igor-stravinsky\/"\">Stravinsky,<\/a> <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/leonard-bernstein\/"\">Bernstein<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/aaron-copland\/"\">Copland<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/erik-satie\/"\">Satie<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/ralph-vaughan-williams\/"\">Vaughan Williams<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/philip-glass\/"\">Philip Glass<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/john-adams\/"\">John Adams<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/williams-john\/"\">John Williams<\/a><\/strong>\u2026 we could go on, and on.<\/p>\nRecommended recording: Shostakovich \u2013 The Complete Symphonies<\/em> (Naxos)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Shostakovich-Symphonies-Vinogradov-Huddersfield-Philharmonic\/dp\/B011A8X3B8\/ref=sr_1_12?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Modern<\/strong> \u2013 2000-present<\/h2>\nAnd here we are, right here, right now\u2026 Modern Music basically covers everything in the last 20 years or so. But as each decade passes, we reach new frontiers. Today, musical boundaries are beginning to blur, as technological and stylistic attitudes shift. \u2018<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-post-classical-music\/"\">Post-Classical<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 music (another confusing term) often refers to the quasi-Minimalism of Max Richter and <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/ludovico-einaudi\/"\">Ludovico Einaudi<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nRecognisable classical elements fuse with designed soundscapes, either created with the aid of a computer, or actual musicians. <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/tv-and-film-music\/"\">Film music<\/a><\/strong> has inspired a whole generation of composers and musicians, so new music can be \u2018cinematic\u2019 without ever going near a film. Then there\u2019s music for videogames, which came into its own in the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/top-film-composers-ever\/"\">Top 10 film composers \u2013 of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPeriods change, composers influenced by all that came before. Whatever your view, today is really no different. Composers are still writing operas, symphonies, concertos, but they\u2019re also writing film scores, game scores, music for art installations. Composers can be rock stars (haven\u2019t they always been, to someone?), rock stars\/DJs\/producers can be composers. It\u2019s all music.<\/p>\n<h3>Who are the most famous composers leading the 21st century? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/philip-glass\/"\">Philip Glass<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/thomas-ades\/"\">Thomas Ad\u00e8<\/strong>s<\/a>, Jennifer Higdon, Karl Jenkins, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/ludovico-einaudi\/"\">Ludovico Einaudi,<\/a><\/strong> \u00d3lafur Arnalds, Max Richter,<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/williams-john\/"\"> John Williams<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/hans-zimmer\/"\">Hans Zimmer<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/who-is-caroline-shaw\/"\">Caroline Shaw<\/a><\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\nRecommended recording: Ludovico Einaudi \u2013 Islands<\/em> (Decca)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Islands-Essential-Einaudi-Ludovico\/dp\/B004YAS9N2\/ref=sr_1_1?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael Beek guides us through the different historical periods of classical music, from the medieval times to the modern day <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25041,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"7"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/03\/what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music.jpg",1890,1260,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/03\/what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/03\/what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/03\/what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/03\/what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/03\/what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/03\/what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music.jpg",1890,1260,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Michael Beek guides us through the different historical periods of classical music, from the medieval times to the modern day","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}