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Classical music is a phrase used to refer to music created since the medieval period, scored for a wide range and sometimes a large number of acoustic (non-amplified) instruments.
The history is broken into several major divisions:
- Renaissance (1400-1500)
- Baroque (1600-1750)
- Classical (1750-1820)
- Romantic (1820-1900)
- Twentieth Century (1900-1999)
Although there are not strict temporal divisions, each period has tended to reflect other things that were going on in society and civilization at the time. Each period has a handful of better known composers who represent the style in people's minds.