European classical music Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About European classical music
—Luciano Pavarotti, 1935-2007 While classical music has roots in theMiddle Ages, the best-known epochs are theBaroque period(late 16th to mid 18th century), theClassical period(mid 18th to early 19th century) and theRomantic period(19th to early 20th centuries); a similar periodization is used forEuropean art. Of course, in practice the transition from one period to the next occurred gradually over a number of years, and music written during the transition periods often featured aspects of the periods they were straddling. Much classical music also continues to be written today, and contemporary classical music has at least a niche following in many parts of the world. Classical ensembles have usually been dependent on patrons. In the olden days, it was particularly large imperial courts s
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