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History of Music Timeline

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  • Period: 500 to 1400

    Medieval Period

  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo, Micrologus

    This piece introduced the four-line staff, relative pitch, and sight singing.
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Ars Nova was a new way of classifying time and prolation, which became the foundation for modern time signatures and notation.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Period

  • 1485

    Josquin's Motet: Ave Maria

  • 1529

    Martin Luther Chorale: Ein feste burg

  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal: Il bianco e dolce cigno

  • 1567

    Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass

    This piece was written to demonstrate that polyphony can still produce clear lyrics, also known as Ars Perfecta. This piece included 6 voice polyphony.

  • Victoria: Missa O Magnum Mysterium

  • Gabrieli: Sonata Pian'e Forte

    This is the first piece to have written dynamics. It was written in Venice.
  • Period: to

    Baroque Era

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    J.S Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    This piece was published by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam, making this the first time Vivaldi chose a foreign publisher, rather than an Italian one.

  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    This work is the most influential of all theoretical works and became the basis and guide for teaching functional harmony in music theory.

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    This work is made up of 24 preludes and fugues, one from each key. This is the first time all 24 keys were showcased on one instrument, and the work promoted the equal temperament tuning system.
  • Period: to

    Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

    WA Mozart

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs

    Joseph Bologne being the director of this group is a vastly significant event in Classical history, as he was of mixed race. He was praised for his musicianship and helped pave the way for other people of color in the Classical world. Though he was excellent at his craft, he still faced controversy regarding his race and was forced to give up an important job due to reluctant colleagues.

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor Premiere

  • Schubert Erlkönig

  • Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op.1

  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

  • Period: to

    Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr

  • Period: to

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico

  • Mussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition

  • Bizet- Carmen

  • Wagner- Der Ring des Nibelungen

  • Brahms' Symphony No.4

  • Mahler- Symphony No.1

  • Dvorak- Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

  • Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag

  • Jean Sibelius' Finlandia

  • Claude Debussy's "Voiles” from Préludes Book 1

  • Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire

  • Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du Printemps

  • Arnold Schönberg's Piano Suite, Op.25

  • Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

  • George and Ira Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"

  • Shostakovich Symphony No.5

  • Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky (film)

  • Duke Ellington's Cottontail

  • Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps

  • Bela Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra

  • Copland Appalachian Spring

  • John Cage's 4’33’’

  • Period: to

    Edward Varese Poeme Electronique

  • Miles Davis Kind of Blue

  • George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children

  • John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine