| ERA | DATES | |
| Early Music | Pre-History to 600 C.E. | |
| Medieval Music | ||
| Early Middle Ages | 600 to 1100 C.E. | |
| Late Middle Ages | 1100 to 1450 C.E. | |
| Renaissance Music | 1450 to 1600 C.E. | |
| Baroque Music | 1600 to 1750 C.E. | |
| Classical Music | 1750 to 1825 C.E. | |
| Romantic Music | 1820 to 1900 C.E. | |
| Twentieth Century Music | 1900 to present | |