Early Music is a term used to describe pre-Classical Western music.
This means that Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music fall into this category.
Because Early Music is so old, virtually all of it (except that protected by a statutory perpetual copyright in one or more Berne Convention signatories) has fallen into the public domain.
... its simplest, it refers to an adherent of a monarch or royal family.
Of the more specific uses of the term, the most common include:
1. A supporter of King Charles I ...