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Music created during this time tended towards chant-like music.
Noted Composers: Hildegard von Bingen and Guillaume de Machaut -
Music during this time became more complicated.
Noted Composers: Guillaume Dufay and Josquin des Prez -
Musicians allowed to ornament music as they saw fit.
Noted Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. -
Music during this time was cleaner in texture.
Noted Composers: Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. -
Music during this time was more relaxed in overall structure.
Noted Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven -
Many genres of music are included in this era.
Noted Composers: Igor Stravinsky and Bela Bartok. -
Current music includes anything from jazz to the music heard on the radio each day.