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This is a list of significant figures by era. People with a career spanning across more than one time period are colored in between their two respective eras. This is meant to be a testing site to see if a timeline like this could work.

Overview

Ancient history

See also Classical Antiquity, Ancient music, and Outline of ancient history.

The following list includes people who's existence as not been confirmed to be true, as well as people from prehistory.

Post-classical history / Middle Ages

See Medieval era, List of Medieval composers, and Medieval music.

Renaissance / 1400-1600

See List of Renaissance figures, Renaissance music, List of Renaissance composers, List of Renaissance humanists, and Outline of the Renaissance.

Baroque / 1600-1750

See Baroque music, List of Baroque composers, and Baroque architecture.

Neoclassicism / 1730-1830

Not to be confused with classical antiquity and Neoclassical music.

See Classicism, Classical period (music), List of Classical era composers, Age of Enlightenment, and Neoclassical architecture.

Romantic & Post-romantic / 1790-1900

See List of Romantic-era composers, Romantic music, and the 19th century.

Modernism / 1874-1960

Not to be confused with the Modern era and the early modern period.

See also Impressionism and List of modernist composers.

Contemporary history and 21st century

See also Postmodernism, Contemporary art, Contemporary music, Postmodern music, and List of postmodernist composers

See also

• Timelines of world history
• Human History
• List of time periods
• List of decades, centuries, and millennia
• List of classical music composers by era
• List of composers by name
• Lists of composers
• List of best-selling sheet music

External links

• Clickable and searchable version of graphical composers timeline with groups