Texas Major eras ofWestern classical music Early music Medieval c. 500–1400 Transition to Renaissance Renaissance c. 1400–1600 Transition to Baroque Common practice period Baroque c. 1600–1750 Transition to Classical Classical c. 1730–1820 Transition to Romantic Romantic c. 1800–1910 Transition to Modernism New music Modernism from c. 1890 Contemporary from c. 1945 • 20th-century • 21st-century Template documentation See also {{Classical music}} {{Composers by era}} Portal:Classical music