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Early music

Renaissance-era lute and viol, depicted in a detail from a painting by Francesco Francia

Medieval	c. 500–1400
Transition to Renaissance
Renaissance	c. 1400–1600
Transition to Baroque

Baroque	c. 1600–1750
Transition to Classical
Classical	c. 1730–1820
Transition to Romantic
Romantic	c. 1800–1910
Transition to Modernism

Modernism	from c. 1890
Contemporary	from c. 1945
• 20th-century • 21st-century

Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical music.

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