Music History Final Project

Johann Pachelbel

Sep 1, 1653

Baroque
Comosition: Christmas Cannon
Germany

Antonio Vivaldi

Mar 4, 1678

Baroque
Composition: The Four Seasons
Italy

George Frideric Handel

Feb 23, 1685

Baroque
Composition: Messiah
Germany

JS Bach

Mar 31, 1685

Baroque
Composition:Tocatta and Fufue in D minor
Germany

Joseph Haydn

Mar 31, 1732

Classical
Composition: The Seasons
Austria

Wolfgang Mozart

Jan 27, 1756

Classical
Composition: The Magic Flute
Austria

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Dec 16, 1770

Classical
Composition: Symphony No. 9
Germany

Frederic Chopin

Mar 1, 1810

Romantic
Composition: Nocturnes
Poland

Richard Wagner

May 22, 1813

Romantic
Composition: Der Ring Des Nibelungen
Germany

Peter Tchaikovsky

May 7, 1840

Romantic
Composition: The Nutcracker
Russia

Edvard Grieg

Jun 15, 1843

Romantic
Composition: Peer Gynt
Norway

Claude Debussy

Aug 22, 1862

Impressionism
Composition: Suite Bergamasque
France

Scott Joplin

Dec 17, 1867

Died: April 1, 1917
Ragtime
Maple Leaf Rag

Igor Stravinsky

Jun 17, 1882

20th Century
Composition: The Rite of Spring
Germany

Duke Ellington

Apr 29, 1899

Died: May 24, 1974
Jazz
It don't Mean a Thing

Louis Armstrong

Aug 1, 1901

Died: July 6, 1971
Jazz
What a Wonderful World

Glenn Miller

Mar 1, 1904

Died: Dec. 15, 1944
Swing
Little Brown Jug

Count Basie

Aug 21, 1904

DIed:April 26, 1984
Jazz
One O'Clock Jump

Benny Goodman

May 30, 1909

Died: June 13, 1986
Swing
Sing Sing Sing

John Cage

Sep 5, 1912

20th Century
Composition: As Slow as Possible
U.S.A.

Billie Holliday

Apr 7, 1915

Died: July 17, 1959
Jazz and Pop
Strange Fruit

Ella Fitzgerald

Apr 25, 1917

Died: June 15, 1996
Jazz
Dream a Little Dream of Me

Dizzy Gillespie

Oct 21, 1917

Died: Jan. 6, 1993
Jazz and Bebop
Salt Peanuts

Charlie Parker

Aug 29, 1920

DIed: March 12, 1955
Jazz and Bebop
Yardbird Suite

Sarah Vaughan

Mar 27, 1924

Died: April 3, 1990
Jazz
Whatever Lola Wants

Bill Haley

Jul 6, 1925

Died: Feb. 9, 1981
rock and roll
Skinnie Minnie

B.B. King

Sep 16, 1925

Blues
The Thrill is Gone

Miles Davis

May 26, 1926

Died: Sept, 28, 1991
Jazz and Blues
So What

Chuck Berry

Oct 18, 1926

rock and roll
Johnny B Goode

Ray Charles

Sep 23, 1930

Died: June 10, 2004
blues, soul
Mess Around

The Big Bopper

Oct 24, 1930

Died: Feb, 3, 1959
rock and roll, country
Chantilly Lace

James Brown

May 3, 1933

Died: Dec. 25, 2006
Funk
I Got You

Elvis Presley

Jan 8, 1935

Died: Aug. 16, 1977
rock and roll
Jailhouse Rock

Jerry Lee Lewis

Sep 29, 1935

rock and roll, country
Great Balls of Fire

Buddy Holly

Sep 7, 1936

Died:Feb. 3, 1959
Rock and Roll
Peggy Sue

Herbie Hancock

Apr 12, 1940

Jazz, Bebop, R&B
Watermelon Man

Joan Baez

Jan 9, 1941

folk
Forever Young

RItchie Valens

May 13, 1941

Died: Feb. 3, 1959
rock and roll
Donna

Bob Dylan

May 24, 1941

rock, folk, blues
Blowin' in the Wind

Aretha Franklin

Mar 25, 1942

soul, R&B
Lady Soul

Jimi Hendrix

Nov 27, 1942

Died: Sept. 18, 1970
rock
All Along the Watchtower

Janis Joplin

Jan 19, 1943

Died: Oct. 4, 1970
physchedelic rock
Cry Baby

Elton John

Mar 25, 1947

rock, pop
Candle in the Wind

Billy Joel

May 9, 1949

rock, pop
Piano Man

Madonna

Aug 16, 1958

pop
Like a Virgin

Michael Jackson

Aug 29, 1958

Died: June 25, 2009
pop
Thriller

The Beatles

Aug 17, 1960

rock, pop
Hey Jude

The Beach Boys

Jan 1, 1961

rock, surf rock
Good Vibrations

The Rolling Stones

Jul 12, 1962

rock
Paint it Black

The Who

Feb 19, 1964

rock
My Generation

The Mamas and the Papas

Jan 19, 1965

rock, folk
California Dreamin'

The Grateful Dead

Dec 4, 1965

rock
Ripple

Led Zeppelin

Oct 4, 1968

rock
Stairway to Heaven

ABBA

Mar 19, 1972

pop, disco, dance
Dancing Queen

Kiss

Jan 19, 1973

rock
Strutter

Joni Mitchell

Nov 7, 1973

folk, rock, jazz
Big Yellow Taxi

The Clash

Jul 4, 1976

punk rock
London Calling

The Cars

Dec 19, 1976

rock
drive

The Village People

Dec 19, 1977

disco
YMCA

Duran Duran

Dec 19, 1978

rock
The Wild Boys

The Pet Shop Boys

Aug 19, 1981

synthetic pop, dance
Go West

A-Ha

Dec 19, 1982

pop
Take On Me

Green Day

Oct 17, 1987

punk, rock
American Idiot

Nirvana

Dec 19, 1987

rock
Smells Like Teen Spirit