| YÜZYIL | | DÖNEM | | BESTECİLER |
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| 14. Yüzyıl | | Ortaçağ | | GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT (1300-77) |
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| 15. Yüzyıl | | Rönesans | | JOSQUIN DESPREZ (1440-1521) |
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| 16.Yüzyıl | | | GIOVANNI PALESTRINA (1525-94) |
| ORLANDO DI LASSUS (1532-1594) |
| WILLIAM BYRD (1543-1623) |
| CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) |
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| 17.Yüzyıl | | Barok | | HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695) |
| ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660-1725) |
| ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) |
| JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) |
| DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757) |
| GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) |
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| 18.Yüzyıl | | Klasik | | CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLÜCK (1714-87) |
| JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809) |
| WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-91) |
| LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) |
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| | Erken Romantik | | CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826) |
| FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) |
| GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868) |
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| 20.Yüzyıl | | Romantik | | HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869) |
| FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) |
| FREDERIC FRANCOIS CHOPIN (1810-1849) |
| ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) |
| FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) |
| RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883) |
| GUISEPPE VERDI (1813-1901) |
| CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890) |
| BEDRICH SMETANA (1824-1884) |
| ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896) |
| JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899) |
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| | Geç Romantik | | JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897) |
| CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) |
| GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875) |
| MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) |
| PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) |
| EDVARD GRİEG (1843-1907) |
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| | Post Romantik | | ANTONIN DVORÁK (1841-1904) |
| NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) |
| LEOS JANÁCEK (1854-1928) |
| EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934) |
| GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924) |
| GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911) |
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| | Modern Romantik | | RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) |
| CARL NIELSEN (1865-1931) |
| JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957) |
| SERGEİ RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) |
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| | Empresyonist | | CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) |
| MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) |
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| | Modern | | ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) |
| BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945) |
| IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) |
| ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) |
| ALBAN BERG (1885-1935) |
| SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) |
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| | Çağdaş | | GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937) |
| DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) |
| OLIVIER MESSİAEN (1908-1992) |
| BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976 |
