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476
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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Period: 476 to 1492
Middle Age
The Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. -
991
Gido of Arezzo is born
Guido of Arezzo was an italian music theorist and pedagogue of the High medieval music. He is regarded as the inventor of the modern staff notacion. -
1098
Hildegard von Bingen is born
She was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages.. -
1130
Bernart de Ventadom is born
He was a French poet-composer troubadour of the classical age of troubadour poetry. Generally regarded as the most important troubadour in both poetry and music. -
1135
Leonin is born
He was the first known significant composer of polyphonic organum. He was the earliest member of the Notre Dame school of polyphony. -
1155
Perotin is born
He was a composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader ars antiqua musical style of high medieval music. -
Period: 1170 to 1310
Ars antiqua
It's a term used by modern scholars to refer to the Medieval music of Europe during the High Middle Ages. -
1221
Alfonso X is born
He was King of Castile, León and Galicia. He was also a prolific author of Galician poetry, such as the Cantigas de Santa Maria, which are equally notable for their musical content as for their literary merit. -
1300
Guillaume de Machaut is born
He was a French composer and poet who was the central figure of the ars nova style in late medieval music. -
Period: 1310 to 1377
Ars nova
It refers to a musical style which flourished in the Kingdom of France and its surroundings during the Late Middle Ages. -
1325
Francesco Landini is born
He was an Italian composer, poet, organist, singer and instrument maker who was a central figure of the Trecento style in late Medieval music. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred years' war
It was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the late Middle Ages. -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
It's a period in European history making the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity -
1451
Christofer Columbus was born
He was an Italian explorer and navigator who discovered America. -
1468
Juan del Encina is born
He was a composer, poet, and playwright, often called the founder, along with Gil Vicente, of Spanish drama. -
1483
Martin Luther is born
He was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor. A former Augustinian friar, he is best known as the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutheranism. -
1492
Discovery of the Americas
Christofer Columbus was the person who discovered America. -
1525
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
He was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is considered the leading composer of late 16th-century Europe. -
1532
Orlando di Lasso is born
He was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Tomás Luis de Victoria as the leading composers of the later Renaissance. -
1532
Andrea Gabrieli is born
She was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. -
1544
Maddalena Casulana is born
She was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. -
1547
Miguel de Cervantes is born
He was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in Spanish language. He is the creator of Don Quixote. -
1548
Tomás Luis de Victoria is born
He was the most famous Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlande de Lassus as among the principal composers of the late Renaissance. -
1553
Cristóbal de Morales is born
He was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He is generally considered to be the most influential Spanish composer before Tomás Luis de Victoria. -
1554
Giovanni Gabrieli is born
He was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time. -
1557
Claudio Monteverdi is born
He was an Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and Catholic priest. -
1566
Carlo Gesualdo is born
He was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. -
Opera is created
It's a form of theater in wich music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers -
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Baroque
It was a style of archictecture, music, dance, painting and sculpture. -
Giacomo Carissimi is born
He was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque. -
Barbara Strozzi is born
She was an Italian composer and singer of the Baroque Period. During her lifetime, Strozzi published eight volumes of her own music, and had more secular music in print than any other composer of the era. -
Isaac Newton is born
He was an English matematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian and author. He is the person who discovered gravity. -
Antoni Stradivari is born
He as an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. His instruments are considered some of the finest ever made, and are extremely valuable collector's items. -
Henry Purcell is born
He was an English composer. Although it incorporated Italian and French elements, Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English. -
Antonio Vivaldi is born
He was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music.He is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers. -
George Philipp Telemann is born
He was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. -
Georg Friedrich Händel was born
He was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. -
Johann Sebastian Bach is born
He was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music ; instrumental compositions ; keyboard works organ works ; and vocal music. -
Gluck nace
Christoph Willibald Gluck, fue un compositor bohemio. Es considerado uno de los compositores de ópera más importantes del Clasicismo de la segunda mitad del siglo xviii.
Reformó completamente la ópera eliminando las arias da capo, suprimiendo los extensos recitativos secos con clavecín y reemplazándolos por recitativos acompañados por la orquesta, prescindiendo de los castrati y otorgando una mayor relevancia a la trama argumental de las obras. -
Gluck nace
Christoph Willibald Gluck,fue un compositor bohemio. Es considerado uno de los compositores de ópera más importantes del Clasicismo de la segunda mitad del siglo xviii. Reformó completamente la ópera. -
Haydn nace
Es uno de los máximos representantes del periodo Clásico, además de ser conocido como el «padre de la sinfonía» y el «padre del cuarteto de cuerda» gracias a sus importantes contribuciones a ambos géneros. También contribuyó al desarrollo instrumental del trío con piano y en la evolución de la forma sonata -
Mozart nace
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, fue un compositor, pianista, director de orquesta y profesor del antiguo Arzobispado de Salzburgo, maestro del Clasicismo, considerado como uno de los músicos más influyentes y destacados de la historia. -
Beethoven nace
Ludwig van Beethoven fue un compositor, director de orquesta, pianista y profesor de piano alemán. Su legado musical abarca, cronológicamente, desde el Clasicismo hasta los inicios del Romanticismo. Es considerado uno de los compositores más importantes de la historia de la música y su legado ha influido de forma decisiva en la evolución posterior de este arte. -
Rossini nace
Gioachino Rossinia fue un compositor italiano que ganó fama por sus 39 óperas, aunque también escribió muchas canciones, algunas piezas de música de cámara y piano y algo de música sacra. Estableció nuevos estándares tanto para la ópera cómica como para la seria antes de retirarse de la composición a gran escala cuando aún estaba en la treintena de edad, en el apogeo de su popularidad. -
Schubert nace
ranz Peter Schubert (Viena, 31 de enero de 1797-ibidem, 19 de noviembre de 1828) fue un compositor austriaco de los principios del Romanticismo musical pero, a la vez, continuador de la sonata clásica siguiendo el modelo de Ludwig van Beethoven. A pesar de su corta vida, dejó un gran legado, que incluye más de seiscientas obras vocales seculares), siete sinfonías completas, música sacra, óperas, música incidental y gran cantidad de obras para piano y música de cámara. -
Chopin nace
Frédéric François Chopinfue un profesor, compositor y virtuoso pianista polaco, considerado uno de los más importantes de la historia y uno de los mayores representantes del Romanticismo musical. Su maravillosa técnica, su refinamiento estilístico y su elaboración armónica se han comparado históricamente, por su influencia en la música posterior, con las de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt o Serguéi Rajmáninov. -
Schumann nace
Robert Schumann fue un compositor, pianista y crítico musical alemán del siglo xix, considerado uno de los más importantes y representativos compositores del Romanticismo musical. -
Listz nace
Franz Liszt fue un compositor austrohúngaro romántico,1 un virtuoso pianista, director de orquesta, profesor de piano, arreglista y seglar franciscano. Liszt se hizo famoso en toda Europa durante el siglo XIX por su gran habilidad como intérprete. -
Wagner nace
Wilhelm Richard Wagner fue un compositor, director de orquesta, poeta, ensayista, dramaturgo y teórico musical alemán del Romanticismo. Destacan principalmente sus óperas en las que, a diferencia de otros compositores, asumió también el libreto y la escenografía. -
Dvorak nace
Antonín Leopold Dvořák fue un compositor posromántico natural de Bohemia y uno de los primeros compositores checos en lograr el reconocimiento mundial y uno de los grandes compositores de la segunda mitad del siglo xix. Empleó con frecuencia ritmos y otros aspectos de la música folclórica de Moravia y su Bohemia natal, siguiendo el ejemplo de su predecesor, el nacionalista de la era romántica Bedřich Smetana. -
Debussy nace
Achille Claude Debussya fue un compositor francés, uno de los más influyentes de finales del siglo xix y principios del xx. Algunos autores lo consideran el primer compositor impresionista, aunque él rechazaba categóricamente el término. -
Manuel de Falla nace
Manuel de Falla y Matheu fue un compositor español del nacionalismo musical, uno de los más importantes de la primera mitad del siglo xx, junto a Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Joaquín Turina y Joaquín Rodrigo, y uno de los compositores españoles más importantes de todos los tiempos. -
John Cage nace
John Cage, fue un compositor, teórico musical, artista y filósofo estadounidense. Pionero de la música aleatoria, de la música electrónica y del uso no estándar de instrumentos musicales, Cage fue una de las figuras principales de la vanguardia de posguerra.4 Los críticos le han aplaudido como uno de los compositores estadounidenses más influyentes del siglo xx.