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Guido of Arezzo formulates the solmization system, using the syllables do-re-mi-fa-sol-la. This assigned a single syllable to a given pitch. The formulation of the solmization system took place during the 11th century (1000-1099)
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the most important innovation coming from this treatise was the innovation of "rhythmic notation" in new music. This innovation consist mainly of music using more varied rhythmic modes (as opposed to mainly triple meter) and also using smaller note values -
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The significance of the Pope Marcellus Mass comes from both the actual content of the mass and the time of its publication. The work was published at the behest of the Catholic Church shortly after the Protestant Reformation, and in reaction to the reformation, the Catholic Church passed a measure to ensure that the words of any sacred music would be easily understandable. In the work, Palestrina makes use of "imitative" polyphony, and thanks to this the work was able to be easily understood. -
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Giovanni Gabrieli's "Sacrae Symphoniae" was published in 1597 as a collection of motets, canzonas, and sonatas. At this point, Giovanni Gabrieli was in Venice, where he worked for the church and would continue to live and work until his passing. -
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A set of concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, his first major work published in 1711. This set of concertos greatly influenced the evolution of concerto form as it developed north of Italy. -
The Traité was immediately recognized as a profound advance in musical theory, however, and it established Rameau's reputation as a theorist. His book was the first to codify those principles of tonality that were to dominate the music of the West for almost two centuries. -
Bach wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier to demonstrate practically that one could compose and play in all keys. -
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