Timeline Project

By NBryant
  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo’s Micrologus

    It introduced the hexachord system.
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    It innovated the way rhythms were notated.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance

  • 1485

    Josquin’s Ave Maria … virgo serena Motet

  • 1529

    Martin Luther Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress)

  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno

  • 1567

    Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

    It demonstrated that sacred words could be intelligible in polyphonic music with 6 voices.
  • 1572

    Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium

  • Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte

    Written for St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy. The piece was the first to clarify what instruments the music should be played with.
  • Period: to

    The Baroque Era

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

    It was the first opera to enter the standard repertory.

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    JS Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    It was the first time Vivaldi had his music published by a foreign publisher, Estienne Roger

  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Became for teaching functional harmony

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Written for 12 tone equal-temperment. Had a piece in each major in minor key.
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    Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

    WA Mozart

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    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

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

    John Adams called him, "The most accomplished man in Europe.".
    French composer and master swordsman. He faced many issues regarding people having problems with a black man leading the orchestra.

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"