"Classical music" and " art music" are terms that have been used to refer to music of different cultural origins and traditions. Such traditions often date to a period regarded as the "golden age" of music for a particular culture.
The following tables list music styles from throughout the world and the period in history when that tradition was developed:
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Gamelan | At least 8th century AD. [1][ better source needed] | |
Pinpeat | At least 6th century AD.[ citation needed] | |
Mahori | At least 14th century AD.[ citation needed] | |
Piphat | ||
Pinphat |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Carnatic music | At least 6th century AD (as Indian classical music), split from Hindustani classical music in the 16th and 17th centuries. [2] [3]: 249 | |
Hindustani classical music | At least 6th century AD (as Indian classical music), split from Carnatic music in the 16th and 17th centuries. [2] [4] | |
Klasik | At least 6th century AD (as Indian and Hindustani classical music), split from Hindustani classical music c. 1860. [4] [5] | The classical tradition of Afghanistan, ultimately a descendant of Hindustani classical music. [5] Developed in the 19th century by Indian musicians in Afghan courts. [5] Along with Hindustani music theory and instruments, Afghan classical music also uses local Pashtun elements, especially in its performance practices. [5] |
Odissi music | At least 6th century AD.[ citation needed] |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Nanguan music | At least 14th century CE. [6] | |
Gagaku | 6th century CE.[ citation needed] | |
Jeongak | 5th century CE. [7] | |
Nhã nhạc | 13th century CE.[ citation needed] | |
Yayue | At least 2nd century BCE.[ citation needed] |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Byzantine music | 4th century AD.[ citation needed] | |
Pibroch | At least the 17th century AD. [8] | |
Western classical music | 6th century AD.[ citation needed] |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Persian classical music | At least 3rd century AD, with drastic changes in the 16th century. [9] [10] | ||
Arabic classical music | |||
Andalusi classical music | 9th century AD.[ citation needed] | Likely practiced since the early 9th century, the musical tradition of Al-Andalus is notable for spreading Middle Eastern and North African musical instruments to Western Europe, where they would become staple instruments of Western tradition. [11] Now practiced in North Africa in the form of the Andalusi nubah, [12] this tradition has also had considerable effect on Ottoman classical music, especially in the Sephardic romance and Maftirim repertoire. [13] | |
Ottoman classical music | At least 3rd century AD (as Persian traditional music), emerged as a unique tradition in the 17th century. [9] [10] | Now known as Turkish Art Music or Turkish Classical Music | |
Shashmaqam |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Griot | The tradition of the djeli |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
American gamelan | c. 1960[ citation needed] | |
Mahāgīta | 16th or 17th century AD. [14] | The classical tradition of Burma seems to have begun around the late Toungoo period, [14] with an expansion of Western-influenced repertoire during the colonial period.[ citation needed] Organized into various forms based on tuning systems, melodic structure, rhythmic patterns and performance conventions, commonly played genres include the kyo, bwe, and thachingan. [15] |
"Classical music" and " art music" are terms that have been used to refer to music of different cultural origins and traditions. Such traditions often date to a period regarded as the "golden age" of music for a particular culture.
The following tables list music styles from throughout the world and the period in history when that tradition was developed:
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Gamelan | At least 8th century AD. [1][ better source needed] | |
Pinpeat | At least 6th century AD.[ citation needed] | |
Mahori | At least 14th century AD.[ citation needed] | |
Piphat | ||
Pinphat |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Carnatic music | At least 6th century AD (as Indian classical music), split from Hindustani classical music in the 16th and 17th centuries. [2] [3]: 249 | |
Hindustani classical music | At least 6th century AD (as Indian classical music), split from Carnatic music in the 16th and 17th centuries. [2] [4] | |
Klasik | At least 6th century AD (as Indian and Hindustani classical music), split from Hindustani classical music c. 1860. [4] [5] | The classical tradition of Afghanistan, ultimately a descendant of Hindustani classical music. [5] Developed in the 19th century by Indian musicians in Afghan courts. [5] Along with Hindustani music theory and instruments, Afghan classical music also uses local Pashtun elements, especially in its performance practices. [5] |
Odissi music | At least 6th century AD.[ citation needed] |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Nanguan music | At least 14th century CE. [6] | |
Gagaku | 6th century CE.[ citation needed] | |
Jeongak | 5th century CE. [7] | |
Nhã nhạc | 13th century CE.[ citation needed] | |
Yayue | At least 2nd century BCE.[ citation needed] |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Byzantine music | 4th century AD.[ citation needed] | |
Pibroch | At least the 17th century AD. [8] | |
Western classical music | 6th century AD.[ citation needed] |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Persian classical music | At least 3rd century AD, with drastic changes in the 16th century. [9] [10] | ||
Arabic classical music | |||
Andalusi classical music | 9th century AD.[ citation needed] | Likely practiced since the early 9th century, the musical tradition of Al-Andalus is notable for spreading Middle Eastern and North African musical instruments to Western Europe, where they would become staple instruments of Western tradition. [11] Now practiced in North Africa in the form of the Andalusi nubah, [12] this tradition has also had considerable effect on Ottoman classical music, especially in the Sephardic romance and Maftirim repertoire. [13] | |
Ottoman classical music | At least 3rd century AD (as Persian traditional music), emerged as a unique tradition in the 17th century. [9] [10] | Now known as Turkish Art Music or Turkish Classical Music | |
Shashmaqam |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Griot | The tradition of the djeli |
Style | Earliest historical period | Notes |
---|---|---|
American gamelan | c. 1960[ citation needed] | |
Mahāgīta | 16th or 17th century AD. [14] | The classical tradition of Burma seems to have begun around the late Toungoo period, [14] with an expansion of Western-influenced repertoire during the colonial period.[ citation needed] Organized into various forms based on tuning systems, melodic structure, rhythmic patterns and performance conventions, commonly played genres include the kyo, bwe, and thachingan. [15] |