List of classical music styles
- List of classical music styles
Classical music in its widest sense refers to music composed in a classical tradition and intended as serious art, especially as distinguished from popular or folk music. The term is generally used to "canonize" a musical tradition dating to a period which is the "golden age" of music for a particular culture. Music derived from that "classical tradition" is what is then termed that culture's variety of classical music.
The following table lists classical music styles from throughout the world listing the style and the period in history when the classical tradition of the particular style of music was developed:
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