Classical Music Categories

 Categories of Classical Music

 

Chamber Music

Concerto

   Piano

   Violin

   Other concertos

Opera

Sonata

   Piano

   Violin

   Other sonatas

Symphony

Other Orchestral music

   Incidental music

   Orchestral suite

   Overture

   Symphonic/Tone poem

   Dances

   Waltz

   Ballet

Vocal music

Other vocal music

   Anthems

   Cantata

   Choral

   Church music

   Lieder/songs

   Litany

   Madrigals - secular vocal music

   Magnificat

   Mass 

   Motet

   Oratorio

   Requiem

   Sacred music

   Song cycle

   Stabat mater