History II Timeline

  • 1450 BCE

    Medieval Period

    c.500-1450 CE
  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

    Date: c.1030
    Innovation:
  • 1098

    Hildegard of Bingen

    Birth: 1098
    Death: 1179
  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    c.1323
    Importance: The Creation of Music Notation
  • 1485

    Josquin’s Motet: Ave Maria ... virgo serena

    Date: ca.1485
  • 1529

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

    Date: 1529
  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno

    Date: 1538
  • 1567

    Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

    Published Date: 1567
    Significance: Example of importance to the Christian church's influenced the creation of music.
  • Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium

    1592
  • Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte

    Date: 1597
    Where: Venice, Italy
    Two Fold Importance: Cornetto and Sackbut
  • Baroque

    1600-1750
  • Renaissance Period

    Date Range: 1450-1600
  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

    Date: February 25, 1607, Mantua, Italy
  • First Public Concerts in England

    1637 First Public
    Opera House
    Venice
  • JS Bach

    1685-1750
  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    Published by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam 1711
    Significance: Harmonic Inspiration
  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Date: 1720
  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    published: 1722
    significance: Treatise on Harmony
  • Franz Joseph Haydn

    1732-1809
  • Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs

    Date:1773-1781
    Significance: Music Director of Concert des
    Amateurs
  • Handel's Messiah

    Completed 1741
    Premiered in Dublin, 1742 during Lent
  • WA Mozart

    1756-1791
  • Viennese Classical Period

    Viennese Classical 1770-1800
  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
     Based on legend of Don Juan
     Subtitled “The Dissolute Man Punished”
     Dramma giocoso
     Set in Seville, Spain
     Sung in Italian
  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    March 23, 1792
  • Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C minor

    Premiere Date 1807-1808
  • Schubert Erlkönig

    Composition Date: 1815
  • Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op.1

    Composed 1805
    Published 1820
  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

    Composition Date: 1830
  • Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7

    Composition Date Range: 1831
  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr

    Composition Date: 1841
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico

    Composition Date: 1857-58