early music Medieval music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Medieval_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163775 Vocal and instrumental music written and performed in Europe during the Medieval era. This era begins in the fifth century with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the resultant loss of much of the literary and artistic heritage of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It ends sometime in the early fifteenth century, although establishing the end of the medieval era and the beginning of the Renaissance music era is difficult, since the trends started at different times in different regions.