This document provides an overview of music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. It discusses the characteristics of music from each period, including that Medieval music was monophonic, Renaissance music became polyphonic, and Baroque music featured more elaborate melodies and dynamic contrasts. Performance practices like Gregorian chant, madrigals, and motets are described. The document also gives examples of important composers from each era like Adam de la Halle, Giovanni Palestrina, and Thomas Morley as well as genres like oratorios, cantatas, and suites that developed in the Baroque period. Other art forms from each period like Byzantine church mosaics, stained glass windows, and paintings by Leonardo da Vinci