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Periods (Eras) of Classical Music

Guess these subdivisions of Western classical music history.
Dates are generalizations.
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Years
Notable Composers
Period
500-1400
Hildegard, Vogelweide, Machaut, Ciconia
Medieval
1400-1600
Dunstaple, Dufay, Josquin, Gabrieli
Renaissance
1580-1750
Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Scarlatti
Baroque
1750-1820
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert
Classical
1800-1910
Beethoven, Berlioz, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn
Romantic
1890-1975
Mahler, Strauss, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky
Modernism
1950-
Cage, Glass, Reich, Pärt, Messiaen, Barber
Contemporary
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Level 85
Dec 20, 2021
Impressionism, expressionism, and neoclassicism accepted for modernism. Postmodernism accepted for contemporary.
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Level 71
Dec 19, 2023
Hildegard is Hildegard von Bingen's first name.