MUSI 2312 Final Exam Timeline

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  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

    Di Arezzo's key innovation in the Micrologus was his development of the hexachord system, which established an early system of solmization for singers.
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

    Birth and Death Dates
  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    The important innovations of the Ars Nova Treatise were the development of time (perfect or imperfect) and prolation (perfect/major or imperfect/minor) in music notation.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Period

  • 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

    This composition is unique due to the fact that it was the first time this type of piece was named after a pope. It is also significant because of the legend that it helped preserve polyphonic church music.

  • Victoria "Missa O magnum mysterium"

  • Gabrieli "Sonata pian e forte"

    Gabrieli wrote the piece in Venice, Italy, where it was performed at St. Mark's Basilica. It is historically significant because (1) Gabrieli composed it for instruments to perform rather than vocalists, and (2) it incorporated notations for musical dynamics (loud and soft), which was beneficial for the architectural structure of the interior of St. Mark's Basilica.
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    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's "L 'Orfeo"

  • First Public Concerts in England

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    J.S. Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's "L 'Estro Armonico" (publication date and signficance)

    "L 'Estro Armonico" was published in 1711 in Amsterdam. It was the first collection of concertos to be published with a title. More importantly, it established a new use of the ritornello form concerto movements.

  • Rameau's "Traite de l'harmonie"

    Published in 1722, Rameau's treatise established a new way for teaching functional harmony and explaining the interrelationship between tonic and dominant harmony. Most significantly, he theorized that figured bass was the foundation of harmonic progression in music.

  • Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. 1"

    Published in 1722, Bach's wrote this 2-volume series to teach his son how to play the clavier. However, Bach also argues for the broader acceptance of equal temperament so that the clavier would not have to be re-tuned to perform different songs.
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    Franz Joseph Hadyn

  • Handel's "Messiah"

    Handel completed the piece in 1741, which he premiered in Dublin, Ireland in 1742.
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    WA Mozart

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    Vienesse Classical Period

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

    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges is considered one of France's finest composers, and the Concerts des Amateurs was one of the finest orchestras in Europe. His significance as a composer and orchestra director is even more important because he was a mulatto man from a French colony during a time when minorities were not typically recognized.

  • Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

  • London Premier Date of Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor (premiere date)

  • Schubert "Erlkönig" (composition date)

  • Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op. 1 (complete first publication)

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    Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7 (composition date range)

  • Berlioz "Symphonie Fantastique" (composition date)

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel "Das Jahr" (composition date)

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    Louis Moreau Gottschalk "Souvenir de Porto Rico"

  • Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition" (original piano version)

  • Bizet "Carmen" Premiere Date

  • Wagner "Der Ring des Nibelungen" Premiere of Complete Cycle

  • Brahms' "Sympony No. 4" Premiere

  • Mahler "Symphony No. 1" Premiere

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

  • Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" (published)

  • Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" (Premiere Date)

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    Claude Debussy's "Voiles" from Preludes Book 1

  • Arnold Schonberg's "Pierrot Lunaire"

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

  • Arnold Schonberg's "Piano Suite, Op. 25"

  • Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

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

  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 Premiere

  • Prokofiev, "Alexander Nevsky" (film)

  • Duke Ellington's "Cottontail"

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    Olivier Messiaen's "Quatuor pour le fine du temps"

  • Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra

  • Copland, "Appalachian Spring"

  • John Cage's "4 '33'"

  • Period: to

    Edward Varese, "Poeme Electronique"

  • Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue"

  • George Crumb's "Ancient Voices of Children"

  • John Adams' "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"