Western classical Music

Modernism  -early 20th century- composers: Charles Ives (American) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ives Elliott Carter (American)...

The Classical Era -mid to late 18th century- composers: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (German) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Philipp_Ema...

Late Renaissance & Early Baroque -from the late 16th century  to the mid 17th century- composers: Claudio Monteverdi (Italian)...

The Renaissance  -15th century- composers: John Dunstaple (English) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunstaple Leonel Power (English)...

(& it's roots) The Early Middle Ages Old Roman Chant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Roman_chant Gallican Chant...