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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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1030
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
4-line staff
relative pitch
sight singing -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1323
Ars nova treatise
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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 (A Mighty Fortress)
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1538
Arcadelt, Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1561
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass
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1572
Victoria O magnum mysterium
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Gabrieli Sonata Pian e Forte
St. Mark's Cathedral
The introduction of divided choirs and abstract instrumental music. -
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Baroque Era
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Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
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First Public Concerts in England
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Period: to
J.S. Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico
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Rameau's Traite de L'harmonie
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Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier Volume 1
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Handel's Messiah
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Period: to
WA 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
He was credited as being one of the best composers, conductors, and violinist. John Adams called him "The most accomplished man in Europe." with him being the conductor of the finest Orchestra in Europe he was definitely accomplished. -
Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"