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In this time period, monophonic texture, vocal music, and church music are the most important. Gregorian Chant is the music of choice. 

This time period introduced word painting and polyphonic texture. Music was primarily played in the church, but secular music also becomes important. Instruments such as the lute, sackbut, and shawm are popular, but vocal music remains supreme.

J.S. Bach was a popular composer of this time period. The music during this time period was very heavily ornamented and have "unity of mood". Compositions are mainly polyphonic in texture, but homophonic was more preferred.

Music in this time period follows strict form. Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven are the most well-known composers and Vienna, Austria becomes a musical center.

This time period follows strict form, but compositions are more emotional and dramatic. The orchestra is the biggest it's ever been, which gives composers more options for timbre/tone color. Composers are considered to be "freelance" musicians. The middle-class is the main support system of music and the demand for concerts is high.

Music during this time period has no rules. Composers have unlimited timbres to use due to the advancement of technology and electronics. Compositions become more atonal with complex chords, rhythms, and performance practices. Primitivism, minimalism, and impressionism are artistic movements during this time.

Classical

Romantic

Renaissance 

20th/20th Century (Modern/Postmodern)

The Middle Ages

Baroque