List of classical and art music traditions (Redirected from List of art music traditions)

"Classical music" and "art music" are terms that have been used to refer to music of different cultural origins and traditions. Such traditions often date to a period regarded as the "golden age" of music for a particular culture.

The following tables list music styles from throughout the world and the period in history when that tradition was developed:

Southeast Asian

Style Earliest historical period Notes
Gamelan At least 8th century AD.[better source needed]
Pinpeat At least 6th century AD.[citation needed]
Mahori At least 14th century AD.[citation needed]
Piphat
Pinphat

Indic

Style Earliest historical period Notes
Carnatic music At least 6th century AD (as Indian classical music), split from Hindustani classical music in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Hindustani classical music At least 6th century AD (as Indian classical music), split from Carnatic music in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Klasik At least 6th century AD (as Indian and Hindustani classical music), split from Hindustani classical music c. 1860. The classical tradition of Afghanistan, ultimately a descendant of Hindustani classical music. Developed in the 19th century by Indian musicians in Afghan courts. Along with Hindustani music theory and instruments, Afghan classical music also uses local Pashtun elements, especially in its performance practices.
Odissi music At least 6th century AD.[citation needed]

East Asian

Style Earliest historical period Notes
Nanguan music At least 14th century CE.
Gagaku 6th century CE.[citation needed]
Jeongak 5th century CE.
Nhã nhạc 13th century CE.[citation needed]
Yayue At least 2nd century BCE.[citation needed]

European

Style Earliest historical period Notes
Byzantine music 4th century AD.[citation needed]
Pibroch At least the 17th century AD.
Western classical music 6th century AD.[citation needed]
Troubadour music 12th century AD.

Middle Eastern

Style Earliest historical period Notes
Persian classical music At least 3rd century AD, with drastic changes in the 16th century.
Arabic classical music
Andalusi classical music 9th century AD.[citation needed] Likely practiced since the early 9th century, the musical tradition of Al-Andalus is notable for spreading Middle Eastern and North African musical instruments to Western Europe, where they would become staple instruments of Western tradition. Now practiced in North Africa in the form of the Andalusi nubah, this tradition has also had considerable effect on Ottoman classical music, especially in the Sephardic romance and Maftirim repertoire.
Ottoman classical music At least 3rd century AD (as Persian traditional music), emerged as a unique tradition in the 17th century. Now known as Turkish Art Music or Turkish Classical Music
Shashmaqam

Sub-Saharan African

Style Earliest historical period Notes
Griot The tradition of the djeli

Syncretic

Style Earliest historical period Notes
American gamelan c. 1960[citation needed]
Mahāgīta 16th or 17th century AD. The classical tradition of Burma seems to have begun around the late Toungoo period, with an expansion of Western-influenced repertoire during the colonial period.[citation needed] Organized into various forms based on tuning systems, melodic structure, rhythmic patterns and performance conventions, commonly played genres include the kyo, bwe, and thachingan.

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