| Term | Definition |
| four seasons, concerto | vivaldi |
| messiah, oratorio | handel |
| prelude and fugue | sebastian bach |
| barrocco, le nuove musiche, improvisation, ornamentation, teraced dynamics, binary and ternary form, homophonic texture, polyphonic texture, equal temperament, figured bass, basso continuo, the affections, major minor tonality | Baroque |
| absolute music, scherzo and trio, theme and variations, symmetrical phrasing, diatonic harmony, menuet and trio, sonata allegro form, sonata cycle, viennese classical school | classicism 18 th century |
| joseph haydn: string quartet, op76 and 3, chamber music, wolfgang mozart, eine kleine nachtmusik, serenade, ludwig van beethoven: symphony no 5 in minor, symphony | Classicisim representative |
| chromatic harmony, program music, virtuosity, nationalism, exoticism, innovations, impact of french revolution and industrial revolution, development of musical instruments | 19th century romanticism |
| franz schubert, erlkonig, art song, lied, song forms, frederic chopin, polonaise in a flat major, piano music, hector berlioz symphonie fantastique program symphony, geroges bizet: carmen, madama butterfly, opera | 19th century representative |
| post romanticism, impressionism, expressionism, non western influences, serialism, impact of 20 th century tech on music, expanded tonality, atonality, polytonality, polychord, polyrhythm, jazz | 20 the century |
| claude debussy, prelude a lapres midi dun faune, symphonic poem, tone poem, igor stravinsky petrushka, the rite of spring, ballet, leonard bernstein: west wide story, musical theatre, alexina louie: music for piano, canadian music | 20th centruy representative |