Periods (Eras) of Classical Music

Guess these subdivisions of Western classical music history.
Dates are generalizations.
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Years
Notable Composers
Period
500–1400
Hildegard, Vogelweide, Machaut, Ciconia
Medieval
1400–1600
Dunstaple, Dufay, Josquin, Gabrieli
Renaissance
1580–1750
Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Scarlatti
Baroque
1750–1820
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert
Classical
1800–1910
Beethoven, Berlioz, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn
Romantic
1890–1975
Mahler, Strauss, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky
Modernism
1950–
Cage, Glass, Reich, Pärt, Messiaen, Barber
Contemporary
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Dec 20, 2021
Impressionism, expressionism, and neoclassicism accepted for modernism. Postmodernism accepted for contemporary.
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Dec 19, 2023
Hildegard is Hildegard von Bingen's first name.
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Dec 29, 2025
It seems Hildegard is her main name, and von Bingen, or "of Bingen", is more of an additional descriptor.