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Classical

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Originating Location: Italy, Greece, France, Turkey, Syria, Iberia and Egypt.

Originating Styles: Early Christian religious music, plainchant, folk styles, theater and market music, Greek and Roman music theory.

Originating Era: Between the 6th and 9th century.

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[edit] Key Composers

[edit] Renaissance: Italy

[edit] Baroque and Rococo: Germany, France and Italy

[edit] Early Classicism: Germany, Austria and Italy

[edit] Late Classicism: Germany, Austria and Italy

[edit] Early Romanticism: Germany, France and Italy

[edit] Late Romanticism: Austria, Czechia and Russia

[edit] Neoclassicism, Neoromanticism and Neobaroque: Britain, Russia, Germany

[edit] Impressionism, Post-Romanticism and Expressionism: France and Austria

[edit] Minimalism: America and the Netherlands

[edit] Populare form: America and Austria

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[edit] Genre Description

Western Classical is the oldest type of "serious" music. It's a huge blanket term for basically all forms of court, church and upper-middle class music, and sometimes important popular composers. Classical music can be vocal; between song and operatic theater, or instrumental; solo instrument and big orchestral ensembles -- there are many classical pieces for solo piano, violin or harpsichord. Most people think that classical music was written centuries ago, but there is still classical music being written today, though usually for a much smaller market, unless it is in a romantic or classical style. A lot of 20th/21st Century classical, however, is much more experimental than it was before (But also much more fragmented), making it interesting for smaller groups of music specialists but not for a broader market.

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This only includes artists for whom there are recordings.

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[edit] Violinists

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