History of Western Music Midterm Project

By fkingsle
  • 500

    Medieval Period

    ca. 500-1450 CE
  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo - "Mircologus"

    Outlines singing and practice of Gregorian Chants, also known for Hexachord and Guidonian Hand (discussion of composition of polyphonic music).
  • 1098

    Hildegard von Bingen

    1098-1179
  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Laid the groundwork for modern music notation
  • 1450

    Renaissance Period

    1450-1600
  • 1485

    Josquin: "Ave Maria...Virgo Serena"

  • 1529

    Martin Luther: "A Mighty Fortress is Our God"

  • 1538

    Arcadelt: "Il bianco e dolce cigno"

  • 1567

    Palestrina: "Missa Papae Marcelli"

    Modern day model for use of counterpoint and the Palestrina Arch; supposedly saved polyphony from the Council of Trent.

  • Victoria: "Missa O Magnum Mysterium"

  • Gabrieli: "Sonata pian'e forte"

    Performed at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice; first piece to indicate use of dynamics in print and landmark for it's use of the cornetto and sackbut.

  • Monteverdi "L'Orfeo"

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    1685-1750

  • Antonio Vivaldi: "L'estro Armonico"

    Set of 12 Violin Concerti that set the pattern for the instrumental Concerto

  • Rameau: Treatise on Harmony

    Codified practices of his contemporaries and became the basis for the teaching of functional harmony.

  • Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier

    Established Equal Temperament Tuning 1722;1740

  • Franz Joseph Haydn

    1732-1809

  • George Frederic Handel: Messiah

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    1756-1791

  • Viennese Classical Period

    1770-1800

  • Le Chavalier de Saint-Georges as Director of the Concerts des Amateurs

    1773-1781. He led it to become one of Europe's top orchestras. He was also a prominent violinist.

  • Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527

  • Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major "Surprise" London Premiere

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

  • Franz Schubert: Erlkönig

  • Niccolo Paganini: 24 Caprices for Violin, Op. 1

  • Frederic Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 7

    Composed between 1824 and 1831

  • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hansel: Das Jahr

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Souvenir de Porto Rico

    Composed 1857-1858

  • Modest Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition" (original piano version)

    Original Piano Version - 1874

  • Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

  • Wagner: "Der RIng des Nibelungen"

  • Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4

  • Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "Titan"

  • Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

  • Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag

  • Sibelius: Finlandia

  • Debussy: "Voiles" from Preludes Book 1

  • Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire

  • Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

  • Schoenberg: Piano Suite, Op. 25

    Written 1921-1923

  • Louis Armstrong: Hotter than That

  • George and Ira Gershwin: I Got Rhythm

  • Dmitri Shostakovich: Premiere of Symphony No. 5

  • Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

  • Duke Ellington: Cottontail

  • Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

  • Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

  • John Cage: 4'33"

  • Eduard Varese: Poeme Electronique

  • Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

  • George Crumb: Black Angels

  • John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine