Music History Final Project

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  • Johann Pachelbel

    Johann Pachelbel
    Baroque
    Comosition: Christmas Cannon
    Germany
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Antonio Vivaldi
    Baroque
    Composition: The Four Seasons
    Italy
  • George Frideric Handel

    George Frideric Handel
    Baroque
    Composition: Messiah
    Germany
  • JS Bach

    JS Bach
    Baroque
    Composition:Tocatta and Fufue in D minor
    Germany
  • Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn
    Classical
    Composition: The Seasons
    Austria
  • Wolfgang Mozart

    Wolfgang Mozart
    Classical
    Composition: The Magic Flute
    Austria
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven

    Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Classical
    Composition: Symphony No. 9
    Germany
  • Frederic Chopin

    Frederic Chopin
    Romantic
    Composition: Nocturnes
    Poland
  • Richard Wagner

    Richard Wagner
    Romantic
    Composition: Der Ring Des Nibelungen
    Germany
  • Peter Tchaikovsky

    Peter Tchaikovsky
    Romantic
    Composition: The Nutcracker
    Russia
  • Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg
    Romantic
    Composition: Peer Gynt
    Norway
  • Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy
    Impressionism
    Composition: Suite Bergamasque
    France
  • Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin
    Died: April 1, 1917
    Ragtime
    Maple Leaf Rag
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Igor Stravinsky
    20th Century
    Composition: The Rite of Spring
    Germany
  • Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington
    Died: May 24, 1974
    Jazz
    It don't Mean a Thing
  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong
    Died: July 6, 1971
    Jazz
    What a Wonderful World
  • Glenn Miller

    Glenn Miller
    Died: Dec. 15, 1944
    Swing
    Little Brown Jug
  • Count Basie

    Count Basie
    DIed:April 26, 1984
    Jazz
    One O'Clock Jump
  • Benny Goodman

    Benny Goodman
    Died: June 13, 1986
    Swing
    Sing Sing Sing
  • John Cage

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

    Billie Holliday
    Died: July 17, 1959
    Jazz and Pop
    Strange Fruit
  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Ella Fitzgerald
    Died: June 15, 1996
    Jazz
    Dream a Little Dream of Me
  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie
    Died: Jan. 6, 1993
    Jazz and Bebop
    Salt Peanuts
  • Charlie Parker

    Charlie Parker
    DIed: March 12, 1955
    Jazz and Bebop
    Yardbird Suite
  • Sarah Vaughan

    Sarah Vaughan
    Died: April 3, 1990
    Jazz
    Whatever Lola Wants
  • Bill Haley

    Bill Haley
    Died: Feb. 9, 1981
    rock and roll
    Skinnie Minnie
  • B.B. King

    B.B. King
    Blues
    The Thrill is Gone
  • Miles Davis

    Miles Davis
    Died: Sept, 28, 1991
    Jazz and Blues
    So What
  • Chuck Berry

    Chuck Berry
    rock and roll
    Johnny B Goode
  • Ray Charles

    Ray Charles
    Died: June 10, 2004
    blues, soul
    Mess Around
  • The Big Bopper

    The Big Bopper
    Died: Feb, 3, 1959
    rock and roll, country
    Chantilly Lace
  • James Brown

    James Brown
    Died: Dec. 25, 2006
    Funk
    I Got You
  • Elvis Presley

    Elvis Presley
    Died: Aug. 16, 1977
    rock and roll
    Jailhouse Rock
  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis
    rock and roll, country
    Great Balls of Fire
  • Buddy Holly

    Buddy Holly
    Died:Feb. 3, 1959
    Rock and Roll
    Peggy Sue
  • Herbie Hancock

    Herbie Hancock
    Jazz, Bebop, R&B
    Watermelon Man
  • Joan Baez

    Joan Baez
    folk
    Forever Young
  • RItchie Valens

    RItchie Valens
    Died: Feb. 3, 1959
    rock and roll
    Donna
  • Bob Dylan

    Bob Dylan
    rock, folk, blues
    Blowin' in the Wind
  • Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Franklin
    soul, R&B
    Lady Soul
  • Jimi Hendrix

    Jimi Hendrix
    Died: Sept. 18, 1970
    rock
    All Along the Watchtower
  • Janis Joplin

    Janis Joplin
    Died: Oct. 4, 1970
    physchedelic rock
    Cry Baby
  • Elton John

    Elton John
    rock, pop
    Candle in the Wind
  • Billy Joel

    Billy Joel
    rock, pop
    Piano Man
  • Madonna

    Madonna
    pop
    Like a Virgin
  • Michael Jackson

    Michael Jackson
    Died: June 25, 2009
    pop
    Thriller
  • The Beatles

    The Beatles
    rock, pop
    Hey Jude
  • The Beach Boys

    The Beach Boys
    rock, surf rock
    Good Vibrations
  • The Rolling Stones

    The Rolling Stones
    rock
    Paint it Black
  • The Who

    The Who
    rock
    My Generation
  • The Mamas and the Papas

    The Mamas and the Papas
    rock, folk
    California Dreamin'
  • The Grateful Dead

    The Grateful Dead
    rock
    Ripple
  • Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin
    rock
    Stairway to Heaven
  • ABBA

    ABBA
    pop, disco, dance
    Dancing Queen
  • Kiss

    Kiss
    rock
    Strutter
  • Joni Mitchell

    Joni Mitchell
    folk, rock, jazz
    Big Yellow Taxi
  • The Clash

    The Clash
    punk rock
    London Calling
  • The Cars

    The Cars
    rock
    drive
  • The Village People

    The Village People
    disco
    YMCA
  • Duran Duran

    Duran Duran
    rock
    The Wild Boys
  • The Pet Shop Boys

    The Pet Shop Boys
    synthetic pop, dance
    Go West
  • A-Ha

    A-Ha
    pop
    Take On Me
  • Green Day

    Green Day
    punk, rock
    American Idiot
  • Nirvana

    Nirvana
    rock
    Smells Like Teen Spirit