List of music genres and styles

 This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed and closely related forms often overlap. Larger genres and styles comprise more specific sub-categories.

Art (classical

Andalusian classical music

• Indian classical music
• Korean court music
• Persian classical music
• Western classical music
  • Early music
    • Medieval music (500–1400)
      • Ars antiqua (1170–1310)
      • Ars nova (1310–1377)
      • Ars subtilior (1360–1420)
    • Renaissance music (1400–1600)
    • Baroque music (1600–1750)
    • Galant music (1720–1770)
    • Classical period (1750–1820)
    • Romantic music (1780–1910)
  • 20th and 21st-centuries classical music (1901–present):
    • Modernism (1890–1930)
    • Impressionism (1875 or 1890–1925)
    • Neoclassicism (1920–1950)
    • High modernism (1930–present)
    • Postmodern music (1930–present)
    • Experimental music (1950–present)
    • Contemporary classical music (1945 or 1975–present)
    • Minimal music