Music History timeline.

800

Musica Enchiriadis

system of rules for polyphony
1025

Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

Notation
1250

Franco of Cologne/Ars Cantus Mensurabilis

rhythmic system
1320

Ars Nova Treatise

new musical technique
1450

Gutenberg Printing Press
1515

Josquin’s Missa Pangue Lingua
1529

Martin Luther’s Ein feste burg
1539

Arcadelt Il bianco e dolce cigno
1567

Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass
1597

Sonata pian’e forte

first to designate parts and indicate dynamics
1607

Monteverdi's L’Orfeo
1672

First Public Concerts in England
1683

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
1711

Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico
1721

Brandenburg Concertos
1722

Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie
1722

The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1
1741

Handel's Messiah
1781

Haydn's op.33 String Quartets
1786

Mozart's Piano Concerto No.23
1787

Mozart's Don Giovanni
1808

Beethovens 5th
1815

Erlkönig
1816

Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia
1822

schubert symphony 8
1824

Beethovens 9th
1830

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
1830

Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7
1835

Robert Schumann Carnaval
1841

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr
1841

Clara Wieck Schumann"Liebst du um Schönheit"
1844

Berlioz Treatise on Instrumentation
1845

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
1852

Verdi 's La traviata
1854

Niccolo Paganini 's 24 Caprices for Unaccompanied Violin, op.1
1857

Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Souvenir de Porto Rico
1865

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
1874

Mussourgsky's Boris Godunov
1875

Bizet's Carmen
1876

Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
1888

Brahms' Symphony No.4
1889

Mahler's Symphony No.1
1892

Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker
1893

Dvorak's Symphony No.9 “New World"
1894

Debussy's Prélude à l’aprés midi d’un faune
1899

Maple Leaf Rag
1900

Jean Sibelius' Finlandia
1904

Puccini's Madama Butterfly
1912

Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire
1913

Stravinsky's Le sacre du Printemps
1923

Schönberg's Piano Suite, Op.25
1924

George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
1927

Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"
1937

Shostakovich Symphony No.5 premiere
1938

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky
1940

Ellington's Cottontail
1941

livier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps
1944

Bela Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra
1944

Copland Appalachian Spring
1952

John Cage's 4’33’’
1958

Edward Varese Poeme Electronique
1959

Miles Davis Kind of Blue
1970

George Crumb's Black Angels
1986

John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Period:
4
to
1415

Medieval Period
Period:
800
to
814

Charlemagne as emperor
Period:
1098
to
1179

Hildegard of Bingen
Period:
1170
to
1260

Troubadour/trobairitz
Period:
1211
to
1311

Notre Dame School Polyphony
Period:
1300
to
1377

Guillaume de Machaut
Period:
1300
to 1600

Renaissance
Period:
1325
to
1397

Francesco Landini
Period:
1580
to 1602

Concerto delle Donne

Italy
Period: 1600 to 1750

Baroque
Period: 1685 to 1750

JS Bach
Period: 1685 to 1759

Handel
Period: 1730 to 1760

Pre Classical Period
Period: 1732 to 1809

Franz Joseph Haydn
Period: 1750 to 1828

Viennese Classical Period
Period: 1756 to 1791

WA Mozart
Period: 1769 to 1772

Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs
Period: 1770 to 1827

Beethoven
Period: 1791 to 1795

Haydn's London Symphonies
Period: 1797 to 1828

Shcubert

Musica Enchiriadis

Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

Franco of Cologne/Ars Cantus Mensurabilis

Ars Nova Treatise

Gutenberg Printing Press

Josquin’s Missa Pangue Lingua

Martin Luther’s Ein feste burg

Arcadelt Il bianco e dolce cigno

Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

Sonata pian’e forte

Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

First Public Concerts in England

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

Brandenburg Concertos

Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

Handel's Messiah

Haydn's op.33 String Quartets

Mozart's Piano Concerto No.23

Mozart's Don Giovanni

Beethovens 5th

Erlkönig

Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia

schubert symphony 8

Beethovens 9th

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7

Robert Schumann Carnaval

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr

Clara Wieck Schumann"Liebst du um Schönheit"

Berlioz Treatise on Instrumentation

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64

Verdi 's La traviata

Niccolo Paganini 's 24 Caprices for Unaccompanied Violin, op.1

Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Souvenir de Porto Rico

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

Mussourgsky's Boris Godunov

Bizet's Carmen

Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen

Brahms' Symphony No.4

Mahler's Symphony No.1

Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker

Dvorak's Symphony No.9 “New World"

Debussy's Prélude à l’aprés midi d’un faune

Maple Leaf Rag

Jean Sibelius' Finlandia

Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire

Stravinsky's Le sacre du Printemps

Schönberg's Piano Suite, Op.25

George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

Shostakovich Symphony No.5 premiere

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky

Ellington's Cottontail

livier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps

Bela Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra

Copland Appalachian Spring

John Cage's 4’33’’

Edward Varese Poeme Electronique

Miles Davis Kind of Blue

George Crumb's Black Angels

John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Medieval Period

Charlemagne as emperor

Hildegard of Bingen

Troubadour/trobairitz

Notre Dame School Polyphony

Guillaume de Machaut

Renaissance

Francesco Landini

Concerto delle Donne

Baroque

JS Bach

Handel

Pre Classical Period

Franz Joseph Haydn

Viennese Classical Period

WA Mozart