History of Music - Hunter Schleis

By HunterSchleis
  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Era

  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

    The innovation was the creation of the hexachord system
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen's Life

  • 1320

    Ars Nova Treatise

    It laid the groundwork for the new ear of music dictation and notation.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Era

  • 1485

    Josquin's Ave Maria ... virgo serena Motet

  • 1529

    Martin Luther's Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress)

  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno

  • 1567

    Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass

    Demonstrated to the Church that sacred words could be intelligible in polyphonic music with 6 voices.

  • Victoria Missa O Magnum Mysterium

  • Gabrieli's Sonata pian'e forte

    Written for St. Mark's Cathedral, it was not only the first piece to have different dynamics, but it also was the first composition where instrumentation was specified.
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    Baroque Era

  • Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

  • England First Starts Public Concerts

  • Period: to

    Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Vivaldi's L'estro armonico

    The significance is that it established the concerto form that we are familiar with today.

  • Rameau's Traite de l'harmonie

    The significance of this was that it was the basis of teaching functional harmony.

  • Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Vol. 1

    The significance is that it paved the way for much of the modern piano/harpsichord technique because it contained melodies in all 24 major and minor keys.
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    Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as Director of Concerts de Amateurs

    The significance of this was that Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a black composer, so this position was important for civil rights. Also, under his directorship, the Concerts de Amateurs became one of the best orchestras in Europe.

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • London Premiere date of Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor premiere date

  • Schubert's Erlkonig composition date

  • First Publication of the 24 Paganini Caprices

  • Period: to

    Chopin's Mazurka Op. 7 Composition range

  • Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's Das Jahr

  • Gottschalk Souvenir de Puerto Rico

  • Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

  • Bizet's Carmen

  • Wagner's Der Ring de Nibelungen

  • Brahm's Symphony No. 4

  • Mahler Symphony No. 1

  • Dvorak's New World Symphony

  • Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag

  • Finlandia Premiere

  • Debussy's Voiles

  • Pierrot lunaire

  • Stravinsky's Le sacre de Printemps

  • Schoenberg Piano Suite Op. 25

  • Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

  • Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"

  • Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony

  • Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky

  • Duke Ellington's "Cottontail"

  • Messaien's Quatuor pour le fine du temps

  • Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra

  • Copland's Appalachian Spring

  • Cage's 4'33"

  • Varese's Poeme electronique

  • Miles Davis's Kind of Blue

  • Crumb's Black Angels

  • Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine