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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Era
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1030
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
The innovation was the creation of the hexachord system -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen's Life
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1320
Ars Nova Treatise
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Period: 1450 to
Renaissance Era
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1485
Josquin's Ave Maria ... virgo serena Motet
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1529
Martin Luther's Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress)
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1538
Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1567
Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass
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Victoria Missa O Magnum Mysterium
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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
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Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
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England First Starts Public Concerts
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Vivaldi's L'estro armonico
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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
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Handel's Messiah
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Viennese Classical Period
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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
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London Premiere date of Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor premiere date
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Schubert's Erlkonig composition date
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First Publication of the 24 Paganini Caprices
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Period: to
Chopin's Mazurka Op. 7 Composition range
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Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
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Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's Das Jahr
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Gottschalk Souvenir de Puerto Rico
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Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
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Bizet's Carmen
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Wagner's Der Ring de Nibelungen
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Brahm's Symphony No. 4
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Mahler Symphony No. 1
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Dvorak's New World Symphony
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Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag
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Finlandia Premiere
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Debussy's Voiles
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Pierrot lunaire
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Stravinsky's Le sacre de Printemps
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Schoenberg Piano Suite Op. 25
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Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"
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Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"
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Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
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Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky
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Duke Ellington's "Cottontail"
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Messaien's Quatuor pour le fine du temps
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Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra
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Copland's Appalachian Spring
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Cage's 4'33"
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Varese's Poeme electronique
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Miles Davis's Kind of Blue
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Crumb's Black Angels
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Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine