List of classical and art music traditions

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"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

Further information: Music of Southeast Asia
Style Earliest historical period Notes
Gamelan At least 8th century AD.
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Pinpeat At least 6th century AD.[citation needed]
Mahori At least 14th century AD.[citation needed]
Piphat
Pinphat

Indic

Main article: Indian classical music
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.[2][3]: 249 
Hindustani classical music At least 6th century AD (as Indian classical music), split from Carnatic music in the 16th and 17th centuries.[2][4]
Klasik At least 6th century AD (as Indian and Hindustani classical music), split from Hindustani classical music c. 1860.[4][5] The classical tradition of Afghanistan, ultimately a descendant of Hindustani classical music.[5] Developed in the 19th century by Indian musicians in Afghan courts.[5] Along with Hindustani music theory and instruments, Afghan classical music also uses local Pashtun elements, especially in its performance practices.[5]
Odissi music At least 6th century AD.[citation needed]

East Asian

See also:
East Asian cultural sphere
Style Earliest historical period Notes
Nanguan music At least 14th century CE.[6]
Gagaku 6th century CE.[citation needed]
Jeongak 5th century CE.[7]
Nhã nhạc 13th century CE.[citation needed]
Yayue At least 2nd century BCE.[citation needed]

European

Further information:
Music of Europe
Style Earliest historical period Notes
Byzantine music 4th century AD.[citation needed]
Pibroch At least the 17th century AD.[8]
Western classical music 6th century AD.[citation needed]
Troubadour music 12th century AD.

Middle Eastern

Further information: Middle Eastern music
Style Earliest historical period Notes
Persian classical music At least 3rd century AD, with drastic changes in the 16th century.[9][10]
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.[11] Now practiced in North Africa in the form of the Andalusi nubah,[12] this tradition has also had considerable effect on Ottoman classical music, especially in the Sephardic romance and Maftirim repertoire.[13]
Ottoman classical music At least 3rd century AD (as Persian traditional music), emerged as a unique tradition in the 17th century.[9][10] 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.[14] The classical tradition of Burma seems to have begun around the late Toungoo period,[14] 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.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Learn the History Behind Gamelan, Indonesian Music and Dance". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  2. ^
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  3. JSTOR 3204783
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  4. ^ a b Dace 1963, p. 249.
  5. ^ a b c d Doubleday, pg. 3
  6. ISBN 978-90-04-16500-7
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  7. ^ "향악(鄕樂)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  8. ^ Haddow, Alexander John (1982, 2003). The History and Structure of Ceol Mor – A Guide to Piobaireachd The Classical Music of the Great Highland Bagpipe. Glasgow: The Piobaireachd Society.
  9. ^ a b Lawergren, Bo (2016). "MUSIC HISTORY". Encyclopaedia Iranica (online ed.).
  10. ^
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  11. ISBN 978-0-405-08496-6
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  12. ISBN 978-0-521-47159-6
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  13. ISBN 978-88-6163-143-4
    – via CORE.
  14. ^ a b CHING, TAN LI (2008-07-29). "Transmission of Burmese Classical Music". scholarbank.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  15. ^ Inoue, Sayuri (2014-12-01). "Written and Oral Transmission of Burmese Classical Songs" (PDF). The Journal of Sophia Asian Studies (32): 41–55.

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