MUSI 3311 Timeline

By JPeak
  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo's Microlugus

    Innovated musical notation with a 4-line staff and relative pitch. Placed notes on the Guidonian Hand.
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    HIldegard of Bingen

  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Innovated the notation of musical rhythm allowing for duple and triple subdividing
  • 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

  • 1560

    Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

    Dedicated to the Pope to demonstrate to the Council of Trent that sacred words could be coherent in polyphonic music

  • Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium

  • Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte

    First composition to notate dynamics and one of the first compositions to designate specific instruments for each line
  • Period: to

    Baroque

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    J. S. Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    Popularized the Italian concerto in Europe, fast-slow-fast movements, and concerto ritornello form

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Collection of 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys showcasing equal temperament

  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    -Triad and 7th chords primal importance
    -Root of chord and inversions
    -Fundamental Bass line
    -Consonance vs. Dissonance
    -Established tonic, dominant, and subdominant as pillars of harmony
    -V7-I strongest progression
    -Pieces have central tonic key
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    Preclassical Period

  • Period: to

    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

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"