Classical music in its widest sense refers to music composed in a classical tradition and intended as serious art, especially as distinguished from popular or folk music. The term is generally used to "canonize" a musical tradition dating to a period which is the "golden age" of music for a particular culture. Music derived from that "classical tradition" is what is then termed that culture's variety of classical music. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ...
The following table lists classical music styles from throughout the world listing the style and the period in history when the classical tradition of the particular style of music was developed:
Style (ordered by culture)
Historical period when classical musical tradition was developed
Classical music developed from this period onward in European history is what people commonly refer to as simply "classical music" in the English language
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