MUSIC HISTORY

By danielisss
  • 476

    THE BEGINNING OF MIDDLE AGES

    The fall of Roman Empire
  • 532

    BYZANTINE EMPERORS

    Thanks in large part to the counsel of his wife Theodora, Justinian —greatest of Byzantine emperors—takes a strong stand in the Nika Revolt, ensuring his continued power.
  • 563

    ST COLUMBUS FOUNDS IONA

    The Irish missionary Columba and 12 companions set up a monastery on the Isle of Iona, just off the Scottish coast. This event marks an important point in the development of Christianity in the British Isles and the rise of monasticism in Western Europe.
  • 695

    THE INVENTION OF THE ORGANUM

    The organum was developed. It is an early form of counterpoint, which eventually led to polyphony. This type of song had a plainchant melody with at least one added voice to enhance the harmony
  • Period: 717 to 718

    SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

    A one-year siege by the Umayyad Caliphate against the capital city of the Byzantine Empire ended with the Umayyads withdrawing. Often considered one of the most important military conflicts in the Middle Ages, this would lead to significant changes within the Islamic world.
  • Period: 1089 to 1125

    GEORGIA

    Kingdom of Georgia grew in strength and expelled the Seljuk Empire from its lands. David's decisive victory in the Battle of Didgori (1121) against the Seljuk Turks, as a result of which Georgia recaptured its lost capital Tbilisi, marked the beginning of the Georgian Golden Age. David's granddaughter Quen Tamar continued the upward rise, successfully neutralizing internal opposition and embarking on an energetic foreign policy aided by further decline of the hostile Seljuk Turks.
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

    The lifetime of Hildegard von Bingen, a highly regarded abbess who was conferred the title of "doctor of the church" by Pope Benedict XVI. One of her works as a composer, the ​"Ordo Virtutum," is an early example of liturgical drama and arguably the oldest surviving morality play.
  • 1453

    THE BEGINNING OF RENAISSANCE

    The Fall of Byzantine Empire
  • 1454

    LEONARDO DA VINCI AND THE GUTENBERG BIBLE

    Johannes Gutenberg published the Gutenberg Bible, using a new printing press technology that would revolutionize European literacy.
  • Period: 1476 to 1500

    THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

    The last quarter of the 16th century witnessed an explosion of important sailing discoveries in the Age of Exploration: Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, Columbus reached the Bahamas in 1492, and Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498. In 1485, Italian master architects traveled to Russia to aid in the rebuilding of the Kremlin in Moscow
  • 1492

    THE OF MIDDLE AGES

    Discovery of America
  • Period: 1501 to 1550

    POLITICS AND THE REFORMATION

    the Renaissance was impacting and impacted by political events throughout Europe. In 1503, Julius II was appointed pope, bringing in the start of the Roman Golden Age. Henry VIII came to power in England in 1509 and Francis I succeeded to the French Throne in 1515. Charles V took power in Spain in 1516, and in 1530, he became Holy Roman Emperor, the last emperor to be so crowned.
  • 1503

    LEONARDO DA VINCI PAINTS MONALISA

    The Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, better known as La Gioconda or Monna Lisa, is a pictorial work of the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci. It was acquired by King Francis I of France at the beginning of the 16th century and since then it has been owned by the French State.
  • 1520

    THE REFORMATION

    the end of the sixteenth century, composers throughout Europe employed the polyphonic language of Josquin’s generation in exploring musical expression through the French chanson, the Italian madrigal, the German tenorlieder, the Spanish villancico, and the English song, as well as in sacred music
  • Period: 1540 to 1570

    MADRIGALS

    In the 1550s, thousands of madrigals were composed in Italy. Philippe de Monte was perhaps the most prolific of all madrigal composers. Composer Orlando Lassus left Italy and brought the madrigal form to Munich.
  • 1555

    THE PEACE OF AUGSBURG

    Temporarily eased the tensions arising from the Reformation, by allowing the legal co-existence of Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire

  • THE BEGINNING OF THE BAROQUE

  • THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

    During this middle baroque era, musicians did a lot of improvisation. The basso continuo or figured bass is music created by combining keyboard music and one or more bass instruments.
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    JUAN DE ARGUIJO

    Spanish writer, poet and musician belonging to the spanish golden age,during the Baroque period

  • ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA

    Jamestown Settlement was established which was the first succesful English settlement
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    ENGLISH CIVIL WAR

    Charles sent his wife Henrietta Maria to the Continent to enlist Catholic support for his cause against Parliament. She was also to pawn the crown jewels to buy arms. Although both sides were now preparing for war, negotiations continued.
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    LUIGI ROSSI, GIACOMO CARISSIMI, FRANCESCO CAVALLI

    During this middle baroque era, musicians did a lot of improvisation. The basso continuo or figured bass is music created by combining keyboard music and one or more bass instruments.

  • HEINRICH SCHUTZ

    Dies one of the best composers before J.S

  • THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD

  • JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH DEATH

    He died of complications after eye surgery in 1750 at the age of 65. Bach enriched established German styles through his mastery of counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and his adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France.
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    GIOVANNI VIOTTI

    Viotti was born at Fontanetto Po in the Kingdom of Sardinia (today in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy). For his musical talent, he was taken into the household of principe Alfonso dal Pozzo della Cisterna in Turin, where he received a musical education that prepared him to be a pupil of Gaetano Pugnani

  • THE GATE OF ALCALÁ

    The Puerta It is located in the center of the Plaza de la Independencia roundabout. At the intersection of Alcalá, Alfonso XII, Serrano and Salustiano Olózaga streets, next to the Retiro gates: Puerta de España, Puerta de la Independencia (main entrance to the Retiro gardens) and Puerta de Hernani. Alcalá is one of the five ancient royal gates that gave access to the city of Madrid (Spain).
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    FRENCH REVOLUTION

    The French Revolution (in French, Révolution française) was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other European nations that faced supporters and opponents of the system known as the Old Regime. It began with the self-proclamation of the Third Estate as the National Assembly in 1789 and ended with Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état in 1799.

  • UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS

    The republic consecrated the universal rights of the human being under the slogan of “liberty, equality and fraternity”. The Enlightenment reflects the displacement of faith as the supreme value of humanity by that of reason. For this it was crucial to oppose the Greco-Roman tradition to the Christian one.

  • NAPOLEÓN BONAPARTE

    Napoleón he was a French soldier and statesman, republican general during the French Revolution and the Directory, and architect of the coup d'état of 18 brumaire that made him first consul

  • NAPOLEÓN BONAPARTE

    He was a French soldier and statesman, republican general during the French Revolution and the Directory, and architect of the coup d'état of 18 brumaire that made him first consul

  • THE END OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD

  • BEGINNING OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

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    In the News

    John Quincy Adams inaugurated as sixth President of the U.S. after disputed election against Andrew Jackson decided by the House of Representatives. Jackson supporters will claim a "corrupt bargain" was made between Adams and Henry Clay.
    The Erie Canal is opened to shipping.
    Robert Dale Owen founded utopian New Harmony settlement in Indiana
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    William Holme

    McGuffey's First and Second Readers are published. His series of graded primers were the most widely used textbooks in American schools, selling an estimated 120 million copies
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    Peter Tchaikovsky

    ~ Russian composer
    ~ studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory
    ~ worked in Rubinstein’s Moscow Conservatory
    ~ works are famous for their tuneful melodies, colourful instrumentations and dramatic contrasts
    ~ great success as a composer of orchestral music for ballet

  • The Voyage of Life, Childhood, Thomas Cole

    Painted by the American landscape artist Cole, The Voyage of Life series depicts four stages of a man’s life and serves as a Christian allegory set in a Romantic backdrop. This image,Childhood, is the first of four paintings representing birth when the baby exits the dark canal and begins his new life.

  • Liszt’s Faust Symphony

    This three movement symphony is a musical portrait of the three main characters on Goethe’s Faust. This painting and expression of each character through music, and use of outside influence is representative of a Romantic-style piece. The use of Germanic folklore in the book also is representative of the influence of nationalism and individuality that was important to Romantic composers.

  • First Battle of Auburn

    The First Battle of Auburn was fought on October 13, 1863, between Union infantry and Confederate cavalry forces at the start of the Bristoe Campaign during the American Civil War.

  • THE END OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD