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476
Romulus Augustulus is deposed; the Western Roman Empire ends
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590
Gregorian Chant Developed
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695
Organum Developed
Chant with melody and added melody -
800
Charlemagne is crowned as the first Holy Roman Emperor
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991
Guido d'Arezzo born - Credited with inventing Staff
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Period: 991 to 1033
Guido of Arezzo
Music Theorist -
1097
The First Crusade arrives at Constantinople
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Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard Von Bingen
Well studied female composer - first morality play -
Period: 1130 to 1190
Bernart de Ventadorn
Famous troubadour -
Period: 1135 to 1201
Leoninus
Master of organum parum at the Cathedral of Notre Dame -
1150
The School of Notre Dame takes root
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Period: 1170 to 1230
Walther vod der Vogelweide
Poet and Minnesinger -
Period: 1175 to 1212
Comtessa Beatriz de Dia
Famous female troubadour; only surviving melody by female troubadour -
Period: 1180 to 1238
Perotinus
Master of discant organum at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris -
Period: 1213 to 1239
Moniot d'Arras
Trouvere -
Period: 1245 to 1285
Adam de la Halle
One of the last trouveres -
Period: 1291 to 1361
Philippe de Vitry
"Inventor of a new art"' French Composer -
1300
Ars Nova period begins
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Period: 1300 to 1377
Guillaume de Machaut
LEading composer and poet of the Ars Nova -
Period: 1325 to 1397
Francesco Landini
Blind virtuoso organist known for his cadences -
1337
The Hundred Year's War begins
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1348
the Black Death hits Europe
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1360
Earliest example of The Mass
Machaut's "Messe de Notre Dame" -
Period: 1390 to 1453
John Dunstaple
Leading English composer -
1397
Harpsichord Invented
Herman Poll invents the first instrument vaguely similar to the Harpsichord -
Period: 1397 to 1474
Guillaume Dufay
First Renaissance composer -
Period: 1420 to 1497
Johannes Ockeghem
Very respected and prolific composer. -
1429
Cosimo de Medici inherits Medici Bank
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Period: 1435 to 1511
Johannes Tinctoris
Composer and Music theorist -
Period: 1450 to 1521
Josquin des Prez
Considered by Martin Luther to be the best composer of his time. -
Period: 1450 to 1517
Heinrich Issac
Prolific German composer; Franco-Flemish -
Period: 1452 to 1519
Leonardo da Vinci
Important figure in the arts and sciences of the Renaissance -
1454
Gutenberg Bible is published
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Period: 1490 to 1562
Adrian Willaert
Father of text expression -
1492
Cristopher Columbus arrives in America
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1504
Michelangelo finishes "David"
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Period: 1505 to
Thomas Tallis
English Organist; taught Byrd -
1513
Machiavelli publishes "The Prince"
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1517
Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation
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Period: 1521 to
Philipp de Monte
At the Viennese and Prague courts; one of the most prolific Renaissance composers -
Period: 1525 to
Palestrina
Most famous composer from the Renaissance -
Period: 1525 to
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
Became an icon of Renaissance music for future generations -
Period: 1532 to
Orlando di Lasso
Widely traveled; over 2000 compositions in all languages -
Period: 1540 to
William Byrd
Important English composer writing both Protestant and Catholic music -
Period: 1548 to
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Spanish composer that continued Palestrina's style -
Period: 1564 to
Shakespeare
Not a composer but many of his plays included renaissance style songs. -
1570
First Modern atlas is published