Infographic of the Day: Interactive Encyclopedia of Musical Genres

Kwinten Crauwels from Belgium developed an interactive musical encyclopedia MusicMap that covers information about the evolution of almost 200 musical genres between 1870 and 2016.

The visualization looks as a diagram composed of the main musical styles: by clicking one of them, the user gets to read its short historical background, key characteristics, and listen to the playlist of ten main pieces in this style.

The diagram can be scaled by scrolling: to find out about subgenres influenced by a certain style and see connections between them.