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Period: 500 to 1450
The Medieval Era
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Period: 1000 to 1099
Guido of Arezzo's formulation of the Solmization System
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) -
Period: 1098 to Sep 17, 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1320
Ars Nova Treatise
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 -
Period: 1400 to
Renaissance Period
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Period: 1527 to 1529
Martin Luther's Chorale "Ein Feste Burg [A Mighty Kingdom]"
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1539
Arcadelt Madrigal "Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno"
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1567
Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus" Mass
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. -
Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium
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Giovanni Gabrieli "Sacrae Symphoniae"
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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The Baroque Period
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Monteverdi's L’Orfeo
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First Public Concerts in England
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JS Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico
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. -
Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie
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's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Handel's Messiah
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Viennese Classical Period
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WA Mozart
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"
