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Midterm timeline project

By TheoV
  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • Guido of Arezzo’s Micrologus
    1030

    Guido of Arezzo’s Micrologus

    It introduced the hexachord system (teaching it by solmization).
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

    The most prolific composer of the Middle Ages.
  • Ars Nova Treatise
    1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    It introduced meter in notation with the concepts of Time (beat) and Prolation (subdivision). The concept of the holy trinity had a significant influence in considering times and prolations of 3 as perfect and those of 2 as imperfect back then.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Period

  • Josquin's Ave Maria ... virgo serena Motet
    1485

    Josquin's Ave Maria ... virgo serena Motet

  • Martin Luther’s Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress is our God)
    1529

    Martin Luther’s Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress is our God)

  • Arcadelt’s Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno
    1538

    Arcadelt’s Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno

  • Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass
    1567

    Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass

    Published in 1567 and believed to be composed ca 1562. The legend tells that Palestrina composed it to prove the Council of Trent that 6 voices in a polyphonic mass could be clear and understandable. This introduced to the world the concept of Ars perfecta, in which only by following certain guidelines you would be able to achieve clarity in polyphonic chant.
  • Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium

    Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium

  • Gabrieli’s Sonata pian'e forte

    Gabrieli’s Sonata pian'e forte

    Composed at St Mark's, Venice, it is the first piece to specify dynamics and which instrument plays which part in notation.
  • Period: to

    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

    Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

    England pioneered public concerts in the 1670s
  • Period: to

    JS Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    First collection of concertos published by Vivaldi
  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Apart from being the most influential of all
    theoretical works, this treatise became basis for teaching
    functional harmony.
  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Composed to demonstrate the advantages of equal temperament and for teaching purposes. It can be argued that it ensured this tuning system was the chosen one from that moment onwards.
  • Period: to

    Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

    Handel's Messiah

    Completed in 1741 and Premiered in Dublin in 1742
  • Period: to

    WA Mozart

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

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

    Apart from being in charge of one of the finest orchestras in
    Europe, this period made him to be considered as one of France’s best composers, conductors, and violinists. US President John Adams even called him
    “the most accomplished man in
    Europe”.
  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Composed in 1791 and premiered in London in 1792
  • Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor (premiere)

    Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor (premiere)

  • Schubert’s Erlkönig

    Schubert’s Erlkönig

  • Nicolo Paganini’s 24 Caprices for Violin, op.1 (Composed 1805, Published 1820)

    Nicolo Paganini’s 24 Caprices for Violin, op.1 (Composed 1805, Published 1820)

    Composed in 1805, Published in 1820
  • Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique

    Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique

  • Period: to

    Frederic Chopin’s Mazurkas Op.7

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s Das Jahr

    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s Das Jahr

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Souvenir de Porto Rico

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Souvenir de Porto Rico

    This piece is believed to have been composed between 1857 and 1858
  • Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

    Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

  • Bizet Carmen

    Bizet Carmen

  • Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

    Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

  • Brahms' Symphony No.4

    Brahms' Symphony No.4

  • Mahler Symphony No.1

    Mahler Symphony No.1

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

    Dvorak Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

  • Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag (published)

    Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag (published)

  • Jean Sibelius' Finlandia (premiere)

    Jean Sibelius' Finlandia (premiere)

  • Claude Debussy's Voiles from Préludes Book 1

    Claude Debussy's Voiles from Préludes Book 1

  • Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire

    Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire

  • Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du Printemps (premiere)

    Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du Printemps (premiere)

  • Arnold Schönberg's Piano Suite, Op.25

    Arnold Schönberg's Piano Suite, Op.25

  • Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

    Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

  • George and Ira Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" (published)

    George and Ira Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" (published)

  • Shostakovich Symphony No.5 premiere

    Shostakovich Symphony No.5 premiere

  • Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky (film)

    Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky (film)

  • Duke Ellington's Cottontail

    Duke Ellington's Cottontail

  • Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps

    Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps

  • Bela Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra

    Composed in 1943 and premiered in 1944
  • Copland's Appalachian Spring

    Copland's Appalachian Spring

  • John Cage's 4’33’’

    John Cage's 4’33’’

  • Edward Varese’s Poeme Electronique

    Edward Varese’s Poeme Electronique

  • Miles Davis' Kind of Blue

    Miles Davis' Kind of Blue

  • George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children

    George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children

  • John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine