Timeline: music final

5500 BCE

Drums

China 5500 BC, Percussion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum#:~:text=The%20drum%20is%20a%20member,system%2C%20it%20is%20a%20membranophone.

4500 BCE

Ocarina

Central America 4500 BC, woodwind
https://peabody.harvard.edu/OE-ocarinas-americas#:~:text=Central%20America%20is%20an%20ancient,the%20Andes%20until%20European%20colonization.

2000 BCE

Trumpet

Egypt 2000 BC, Brass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet

900 BCE

Flute

China 900 BC, Woodwind
https://www.theinstrumentplace.com/history-of-the-flute

500 BCE

Maracas

Chile 500 BC, percussion
https://artsphere.org/maracas/#:~:text=Originated%20in%20various%20places%20around,invented%20somewhere%20around%20500%20BC.

800

Xylophone

Southeast Asia 800s, percussion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone#:~:text=The%20earliest%20evidence%20of%20a,Hindu%20regions%20(kashta%20tharang).

Period: 1098 to 1179

Hildegard von Bingen

Germany, 1098-1179 CE Medieval
Hildegard von Bingen is a poet and composer from the Medieval period. She has written 77 different poems and composed musical settings for each poem. She was born into nobility and at 15 she started pursuing a religious life. She had been experiencing visions since she was a child and at the age of 43 she started recording them as the poems she had written.

1152

Ordo Virtutum

Rupertsberg 1152 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-companion-to-hildegard-of-bingen/ordo-virtutum-and-benedictine-monasticism/68F76BBB8FE86B8BB6EEE24B2E6D058E

1199

Sederunt Principes

Notre Dame 1199 https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-musicapp-medieval-modern/chapter/perotinus-perotin-e/#:~:text=The%20bishop's%20edicts%20are%20quite,of%20the%20Notre%20Dame%20Cathedral.

1220

Beata Viscera

1220 https://www.feenotes.com/database/music/beata-viscera/

1300

Recorder

Germany 1300s, woodwind
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/recd/hd_recd.htm#:~:text=The%20two%20earliest%20extant%20recorders,the%20fifteenth%20and%20sixteenth%20centuries.

1300

Bagpipe

Germany 1300s, woodwind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#:~:text=The%20earliest%20known%20artefact%20identified,quarter%20of%20the%2015th%20century.

1400

Trombone

Belgium 1400s, brass
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/trombone/structure/#:~:text=The%20trombone%20is%20said%20to,sackbut%22%20(in%20English).

1500

Guitar

Spain 1500, Strings
https://www.britannica.com/art/guitar

1500

Violin

Italy 1500, String
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/invention-of-musical-string-instrument-violin#:~:text=Most%20historians%20agree%20that%20today's,tradition%20over%20the%20coming%20centuries.

1500

Cello

Italy 1500s, string
https://www.britannica.com/art/cello

1500

Triangle

Egypt 1500s, percussion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_(musical_instrument)#:~:text=Some%20scholars%20believe%20the%20triangle,but%20not%20a%20direct%20descendant.

1600

Banjo

North America 1600s, string
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo#:~:text=Banjos%20with%20fingerboards%20and%20tuning,%2C%20bonjaw%2C%20banjer%20and%20banjar.

1600

Oboe

France 1600, woodwind
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/oboe/structure/

1698

Clarinet

Germany 1698, brass
https://www.niu.edu/gbarrett/resources/development.shtml#:~:text=It%20is%20generally%20agreed%2C%20based,1698%20by%20modifying%20the%20chalumeau.

1700

Piano

Italy 1700, String/Percussion
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/piano/structure/#:~:text=The%20piano%20was%20invented%20by,in%20around%20the%20year%201700.

1708

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565

1708 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Toccata-and-Fugue-in-D-Minor-BWV-565

1720

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons

Amsterdam 1720 https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Four-Seasons-by-Vivaldi

Period: 1730 to 1760

Baroque - Classical

The switch from Baroque to Classical happened over the course of 30 years from 1730 to 1760. The transition between the two musical eras happened when the new style of Classical took over Baroque. The new style started when music was beginning to become more simple and musicians wanted a change, and soon enough the switch had become clear.

1742

Handel, Messiah, HWV 56

Dublin 1742 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Messiah-oratorio-by-Handel

Period: 1756 to 1771

Mozart

Born is Austria. Mozart was born in a fairly good family which consisted of architects and bookbinders. At the age of 5 Mozart was already composing music.

1758

Bugle

Germany 1758, brass
https://bbico.com/the-bugle/#:~:text=The%20first%20known%20example%20of,commonly%20used%20in%20foot%20regiments.

Period: 1770 to 1827

Beethoven

Born in Germany. Beethoven was born and raised by a family of musicians. When he was 11 years old, he was forced to leave his school to support his family. and by 18, he was his family's main source of income.

Period: 1813 to 1883

Richard Wagner

Born in Germany. Richard Wagner was a German composer and theorist whose operas and music had a revolutionary influence on the course of Western music.

1830