{"id":47960,"date":"2024-09-19T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f0862abe-f2a7-45b7-a191-8d54cc795968"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:07:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:07:18","slug":"music-eras-what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/music-eras-what-are-the-different-periods-of-classical-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Music eras: what are the different periods of classical music?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Thursday, 19 September 2024 at 16:06 PM<\/p>

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Romantic. Baroque. Er… Classical? (That last one is a confusing term, which we’ll dive into further below). How well do you know your classical music eras? Could you pinpoint when the Baroque era drew to a close, and the music’s Classical chapter ushered its graceful way onto the stage? <\/p>

We can, by and large, divide the history of classical music into seven major eras, each with their own stylistic characteristics, innovations, offshoot movements and star names. There’s plenty of grey areas between the periods, of course. But here are your essential classical music eras\u2026<\/p>