WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sep 4, 2018 · 5 min read

The history of Western music, for those who love tidy compartments, can be divided into six recognizable periods: Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern. These labels are useful enough, as a rough guide to what went on. But they are, of course, inexact. They overlap, especially at turning-points. Should William Excestre, for instance, be catalogued as Late-Mediaeval or Early-Renaissance? And is Richard Strauss the last…

