POPULAR ENTRIES

Mediaval Music

between 500 - 1400 c
divided into: early, high and late
​Polyphony first began here!

Classical Era

between 1730 - 1820 c
lighter, clearer texture
Classical music is named after this era !

Renaissance Era

between 1400 - 1600 c
richer texture, harmony
motets, magrigals etc.

Romantic Era

between 1780 - 1910 c
Romanticism, nature, nationalism
The most famous era !
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Baroque Era

between 1600 - 1760 c
complex music, lots of music genres : opera, concerto, sonata etc.

20th Century

Modern : 1890 - 1975 c
​Postmodern: 1975 - present
atonality, 12-tone-technique, minimalism, serialism
''There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original. '' 
                                                                                                        Joseph Haydn

Useful Links

To watch a opera from the famous opera houses; 
You can watch it live or within two months with an option of subtitles !
http://www.theoperaplatform.eu/en

New York Philharmonic Digital Archives;
You can find the sketches and notes of famous conductors on the scores !
http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/search?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=*&doctype=printedMusic

Juilliard Manuscript Collection;
You can find the manuscripts of famous pieces !
http://juilliardmanuscriptcollection.org/
Also;
http://www.themorgan.org/music

Choral scores;
http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Sheet_music

Finding scores;
http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page

Find more links;
http://library.stanford.edu/music/streaming-media