Medieval Period

By jdesarme
  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

    Outlines singing and teaching method for Gregorian chants which was mostly old and new testament passages with homophonic texture.
  • Period: 1098 to Sep 17, 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Ars nova replaces Ars antiqua, and the Treatise lays the groundwork for certain rhythmic innovations in Italian notations.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance

  • 1485

    Josquin’s Motet: Ave Maria ... virgo serena

  • 1529

    Martin Luther Chorale Ein feste burg

    A Mighty Fortress
  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno

  • 1567

    Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

    This piece was dedicated to the pope to show that polyphonic music could be sacred with 6 voices. This work is also a great model of the famous Palestrina counterpoint.

  • Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium

  • Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte

    St. Mark’s Basilic. One of the early pieces in Italy to use specific instrumentation that included the cornetto and sackbut. This piece also used dynamics such as loud and soft throughout the piece.
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    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

  • Beginning of Public Concerts

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    JS Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    Most influential publications of music in the 18th century. The piece helped the popularity of the Italian concerto grow throughout Europe.

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Bach's collection of preludes and fugues demonstrating the new tuning system for keyboard instruments. The volume has 24 preludes and fugues in each major and minor key.

  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    It has become the basis for teaching functional harmony as we know it today. He articulated the principles of tonal harmony, including I, IV, and V chords and a fundamental bass.
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    PreClassical Period

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    Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical

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

    As a black man, Bologne was one of France’s best composers, conductors, and violinists. John Adams even called him “the most accomplished man in Europe. He was dubbed as the black Mozart. He was paid very well as the director of one of the largest orchestras in Europe at that time.

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Premiere date in London