List of musical genres by era
This is a list of musical forms and genres organized according to the eras of Classical music. The form of a musical composition refers to the general outline of the composition, based on the sections that comprise it or on specific details that are unique to a certain type of composition. For example, a rondo is based on alternation between familiar and novel sections (ABACA); a mazurka is defined by its meter and rhythm; a nocturne is based on the mood it creates, required to be inspired by or evocative of night. This list summarizes these broadly defined forms and genres within the musical periods that they arose or became common.
Medieval
- Ballata
- Estampie
- Gregorian Chant
- Madrigal (Trecento)
- Motet
- Organum
- Saltarero
Renaissance
- Ballade
- Canzona
- Carol
- Chanson
- Fantasia
- Galliard
- Intermedio
- Lauda
- Litany
- Madrigal
- Madrigal comedy
- Madrigale spirituale
- Mass
- Cyclic mass
- Parody mass
- Paraphrase mass
- Cantus firmus mass
- Motet
- Motet-chanson
- Opera
- Pavane
- Ricercar
- Sequence
- Tiento
- Toccata
Baroque
Classical + Romantic
- Bagatelle
- Ballade
- Ballet
- Caprice
- Carol
- Concerto
- Dance
- Divertimento
- Étude
- Fantasy
- Impromptu
- Intermezzo
- Lied
- Mass
- Mazurka
- March
- Music hall
- Nocturne
- Opera
- Ballad opera
- Opera buffa
- Opéra comique
- Opera seria
- Operetta
- Overture
- Concert overture
- Symphonic poem
- Singspiel
- Zarzuela
- Concert Aria
- Oratorio
- Polonaise
- Prelude
- Quartet
- Quintet
- Requiem
- Rhapsody
- Rondo
- Scherzo
- Serenade
- Sinfonia concertante
- Sonata
- Symphony
- Program symphony
- Choral symphony
- Suite
- Waltz
20th and 21st Century
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