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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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990
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
The innovation in this document was The Hexachord System. This included The Guidonian Hand; which was a technique that taught students how to sight-read. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1323
Ars Nova Treatise
The Ars Nova Treatise was a time when a new musical style flourished in the late Middle Ages. -
Period: 1450 to
Renaissance Period
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1485
Josquin’s Ave Maria...Virgo Serena Motet
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1529
Martin Luther Chorale, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
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1538
Arcadelt Madrigal, Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1567
Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass
This Mass was well known for its significant interplay of vocal lines. It's used as the primary example of Renaissance polyphonic choral music. -
Victoria, Missa O magnum mysterium
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Gabrieli, Sonata Pian e Forte
This piece was made to specify loud and quiet passages in music. In his work, he used the Cornetto and the Sackbut to bring this piece together. This piece was first published in Venice, Italy. -
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Baroque Period
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Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo is an opera that was composed by Monteverdi. It includes the Duke of Mantua, the boss, and a Librettist by Alessandro Striggio. This opera has a prologue and 5 Acts. First performed in Mantua, Italy. -
First Public Concert in England
The first public concert was performed in Venice, Italy, in 1637. Monteverdi's opera was performed in the first public opera house opened to the public. The Teatro San Cassiano had a seating capacity of 1500 people. -
Period: to
Johann Sebastion Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armónico
This work translates to "Harmonic Inspiration," and was published by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam. This piece isn't a typical concerto with a solo violinist. Instead, there are 4 solo violinists that are in harmony with each other. -
Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie
Traité de l’harmonie translates to "Treatise on Harmony." Rameau, theorist, and composer, wrote this to better explain the 5 innovations of functional harmony and the correct way to use it. -
Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1
The Well-Tempered Clavier includes 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys. -
Period: to
Franz Joseph Haydn
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Handel's Messiah
This work was completed in 1741 and premiered in Dublin in 1742. -
Period: to
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Period: to
Viennese Classical Period
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Period: to
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs
This group is known to be one of the finest orchestras in Europe. -
Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"