The first period: Baroque period This period refers to the end of the 16th century to the middle of the 18th century, that is, starting from Monteverde and ending with Bach and Handel. The reason why this period is called Baroque is because the techniques and methods of musical expression in this period basically have a certain degree of similarity, so using this term to mark it has no special meaning. The word Baroque comes from French, and its origin is the Portuguese barroco, which means a pearl that is not round in shape. It was first used by critics in the late Baroque period when commenting on the music of this period, and generally had a derogatory meaning, referring to crude music, strange, and exaggerated music. Vervadi: The Four Seasons (some are also called Verdi, but they are called that to separate themselves from the author of the opera "La Traviata") Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV.847 Second Period: Classicism The "Classicism" period refers to the music from about 1750 to the death of Beethoven in 1827. The so-called "classical", to be precise, originally refers to the "classical antiquity" of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, which were two great periods of Western civilization. As centuries passed, people looked back to the past and tried to learn from the cultural essence of that era. This was already done during the Renaissance, and also during the early Baroque period, but it was not until the mid-eighteenth century that the rediscovery of "classicism" really began. Beethoven: Pathetique. Moonlight. Tempest. To Alice. The third period: Romanticism period. Romanticism originally referred to stories written in the Romance language (Roman), and then specifically referred to novels or knight stories, and later also included romance novels, etc. The rise of romanticism in art was first seen in the literary works of the eighteenth century, which vividly expressed all personal feelings, interests and talents. In music, Romantic composers strongly expressed their own idiosyncrasies, which was incompatible with classicism, which was dominated by form. In addition, it is also necessary to clarify that the two styles of classicism and romanticism have existed for a period of time. Weber, an important romantic opera composer and German idealist, died one year before Beethoven, and Schubert died just a few years ago. One year later than Beethoven. By the Romantic period, composers' status in society had fundamentally changed. They were no longer employees of a city, court, or church. In theory the composer is completely his own master, but in reality he is the servant of the public. In order to meet the needs of the public, various concert societies and music festival networks have developed rapidly.

Chopin: Fantasy Impromptu in C minor. Revolution. Valse Grande in E flat major. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Johann Strauss the Elder: Radesky March. Verdi: Drinking Goe. Dvo?ák: Humor. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 Rimsky-Korsakov: The Story of King Sadan