Early music (50,000 BCE-1600 CE). From the first hum

Ancient world music

Yidaki

World of wind

Sounds of Africa

Plucky pipa

Things with strings

Ziryab (Blackbird)

The gamelan

Rituals and religious music

Sitar, tabla, and tambura

Yatsuhashi Kengyo

Classical music (1600-1900). Baroque (1600-1750)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Grand oratorios

Vivacious violin

Classical (1750-1820)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Map of a symphony orchestra

Romantic (1815-1910)

Hector Berlioz

Outstanding operas

Richard Wagner

Grand piano

Dazzling dances

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

National pride

The Mighty Handful

Antonín Dvor̆ák

Great conductors

Triumphant trumpet

Brassed off

Claude Debussy

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Hilarious operettas

Modern music (1900- ). Arnold Schoenberg

Fun with drums

The blues

Duke Ellington

Sassy saxophone

Joaquín Rodrigo

Recorded sound

Frank Sinatra

Memorable musicals

Elvis Presley

The Beatles

Reggae music

Electric guitar

Rock music

Adventurous Afropop

Hip-Hop

Television and movie music

A.R. Rahman

Classical (1910s- )

Peter Sculthorpe

Live music

Beyoncé

Dance music

Music festivals

BTS

Glossary

Index of musicians.