You know, that classical music has a number of periods spanning from Medieval times to the present
You know, that classical music has a number of periods spanning from Medieval times to the present. Its roots though lie in early Christian music and its influences date even further back to the Ancient Greeks. Classical music theory is in fact based on the development of individual tones and scales by ancient Greeks such as Aristoxenus and the mathematician Pythagoras. Pythagoras created a tuning system and helped to codify music. Ancient Greek instruments such as the aulos (a reed instrument) and the lyre (a stringed instrument similar to a small harp) eventually led to the modern day instruments of a classical orchestra. The modern era began with Impressionist music from 1910-1920, which was dominated by French composers who went against the traditional German ways of art and music.