Music Period Timeline By HAA Period: Jan 1, 1685 to Jan 1, 1750 Baroque Period Types of MusicBaroque for KidsInstruments of the Baroque Period Feb 23, 1685 George Frideric Handel (birth) Mar 21, 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach (birth) Oct 26, 1685 Domenico Scarlatti (birth) Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 1830 Classical Period Characteristics of the Classical PeriodClassical Period Instruments Jul 28, 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach (death) Jan 24, 1752 Muzio Clementi (birth) Jan 27, 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (birth) Jul 23, 1757 Domenico Scarlatti (death) Apr 14, 1759 George Frideric Handel (death) Feb 21, 1791 Carl Czerny (birth) Dec 5, 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (death) Jan 31, 1797 Franz Schubert (birth) Period: Jan 1, 1810 to Jan 1, 1900 Romantic Period Romantic Period CharacteristicsRomantic Period Instruments Feb 22, 1810 Frederic Chopin Jun 8, 1810 Robert Schumann (birth) Nov 19, 1828 Franz Schubert (birth) Mar 10, 1832 Muzio Clementi (death) Oct 17, 1849 Frederic Chopin (death) Jul 29, 1856 Robert Schumann (death) Jul 15, 1857 Carl Czerny (death) Mar 25, 1881 Bela Bartok (birth) Sep 26, 1898 George Gershwin (birth) Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 1, 2000 20th Century Period Dec 30, 1904 Dmitry Kabalevsky (birth) Jul 11, 1937 George Gershwin (death) Sep 26, 1945 Bela Bartok (birth) Feb 14, 1987 Dmitry Kabalevsky (death)