Medieval/Renaissance Timeline (Bryan Jeong)

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  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

    Medieval Period, also known as the Middle Ages, was around 500-1450 CE.
  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

    Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus has the 4-line staff and consists of relative pitches (Ut, Re, Mi Fa, Sol, La). It is dated around 1030 CE.
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

    Hildegard of Bingen, a prominent female composer and for her prophecies during Medieval period, was born in 1098 CE and passed away in 1179 CE.
  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Ars Nova Treatise was around 1323 CE and the important innovation is that the duple meter (a controversial meter during this time period) was being used.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Period

    Renaissance Period, which was a period of re-birth or revival of Ancient Greek culture, was around 1450-1600 CE.
  • 1485

    Josquin’s Ave Maria ... virgo serena Motet

    Josquin’s Ave Maria ... virgo serena Motet, also known as the "Mona Lisa", was around 1485 CE.
  • 1529

    Martin Luther Chorale, Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress..)

    Martin Luther's Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is our God) was in 1529 CE.
  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal, Il bianco e dolce cigno

    Arcadelt's madrigal, Il bianco e dolce cigno, which was in a chordal texture alternating with points of imitation, was around 1538 CE.
  • 1567

    Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass

    Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass was published in 1567 CE and it was a dedication for pope in order to show that sacred words can be intelligible in polyphonic music with 6 voices.
  • 1572

    Victoria, Missa O magnum mysterium

    Victoria, who was the first Spanish composer to master Palestrina’s style, published Missa O magnum mysterium in 1572 CE.

  • Gabrieli, Sonata pian’e forte

    Gabrieli's Sonata pian’e forte was published in 1597 CE at St. Mark’s Basilica which is located in Venice, Italy. The significant was that this piece was the first music to use dynamic "soft and loud".
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    Baroque Period

    Baroque period, was around 1600-1750 CE.

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

    L’Orfeo or Orpheus by Claudio Monteverdi was composed in 1607. This was the first opera to have the standard repertory and only men could enter the fist performance.

  • First Public Concerts in England

    The first public concert in England occurred at Mr. John Bannister’s house in the 1672 and the public concerts were popular for the middle class audiences.
  • Period: to

    JS Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685 and died in 1750.

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    Antonio Vivaldi composed L’Estro Armonico or the Harmonic Inspiration in 1711. Also, it was published by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam.

  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie or Treatise on Harmony was published in 1722. Also, Traité de l’harmonie worked as the basis for functional harmony pedagogy.

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1 consists preludes and fugues in all keys and it was published in 1722.
  • Period: to

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Joseph Haydn was born in 1732 and died in 1809.

  • Handel's Messiah

    Handel's Messiah is composed in 1741 but it was premiered in 1742 in Dublin.
  • Period: to

    WA Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 and died in 1791.
  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

    Viennese Classical period was around 1770-1800 CE.
  • Period: to

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

    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges or Joseph Bologne who worked as director of Concerts des Amateurs in 1773-1781 and it was one of the best orchestras in Europe.

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Mozart's Don Giovanni was published in 1787. The librettist for this was Lorenzo Da Ponte.

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" was composed in 1791, but it was officially premiered in 1792 in London.

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor

    Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor was premiered in December 22nd 1808 in Vienna.

  • Schubert Erlkönig

    Schubert's Erlkönig was composed in 1815.

  • Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op.1

    Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op.1 was composed in 1805, but published in 1820.

  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

    Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique was composed in 1830.
  • Period: to

    Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7

    Frederic Chopin's Mazurkas Op.7 was composed in 1830-1831.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr

    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's Das Jahr was composed in 1841.
  • Period: to

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Souvenir de Porto Rico was composed during 1857-1858

  • Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

    Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, the original piano version, was premiered in 1874.

  • Bizet Carmen

    Bizet's Carmen was premiered in 1875.

  • Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

    The complete cycle of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen was premiered in 1876.

  • Brahms' Symphony No.4

    Brahms' Symphony No.4 was premiered in 1885.

  • Mahler Symphony No.1

    Mahler's Symphony No.1 was premiered in 1888.

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

    Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" was premiered in 1893.

  • Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag was published in 1899.

  • Jean Sibelius' Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius' Finlandia was premiered in 1900.

  • Claude Debussy's Voiles” from Préludes Book 1

    Claude Debussy's Voiles” from Préludes Book 1 was composed in 1910.

  • Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire

    Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire was composed in 1912.

  • Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du Printemps

    Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du Printemps was premiered in 1913.

  • Arnold Schönberg's Piano Suite, Op.25

    Arnold Schönberg's Piano Suite, Op.25 was composed in 1923.

  • Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

    Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That" was composed in 1927.

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

    George and Ira Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" was published in 1930.

  • Shostakovich Symphony No.5

    Shostakovich's Symphony No.5 was premiered in 1937.

  • Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky

    Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky (film) was composed in 1938.

  • Duke Ellington's Cottontail

    Duke Ellington's Cottontail was composed in 1940.

  • Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps

    Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps was composed in 1940.

  • Bela Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra was composed in 1943.

  • Copland Appalachian Spring

    Copland's Appalachian Spring was composed in 1944.

  • John Cage's 4’33’’

    John Cage's 4’33’’ was composed in 1952.
  • Period: to

    Edgard Varèse Poeme Electronique

    Edgard Varèse's Poeme Electronique was composed in 1957~58.

  • Miles Davis Kind of Blue

    Miles Davis' Kind of Blue was composed in 1959.

  • George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children

    George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children was composed in 1970.

  • John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine was composed in 1986.