Timeline: Music History Timeline | Timetoast

Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1450

Middle Ages
476

Fall of the Roman Empire
Feb 1, 1098

Hildegard of Bingen (1089-1179)

• Ordo Virtutum (1151)
• Alleluia, O virga mediatrix (Late 12th century)
• Scivias (1152)
Jan 1, 1245

Adam de la Halle (1245-1288)

• De ma dame vient (1270)
• J'os bien a m'amie parler (1270)
• Le jeu de Robin et de Marion (1280)
Nov 28, 1271

Marco Polo Travels to China
Jan 1, 1300

Guillaume De Machaut (1300-1377)

• Messe de Notre Dame (1360s)
• En amer a douce vie (before 1342)
• Dame, de qui toute ma joie (before 1342)
Nov 28, 1348

Black Death strikes in Europe
Jan 1, 1450

Josquin Des Prez (1450-1521)

• Virgo salutiferi (1504-1505)
• Miserere mei Deus (1503)
• Ma fin est mon commencement (mid-14th century)
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1600

Renaissance Period
Nov 28, 1455

Gutenberg Bible Printed
Nov 28, 1492

Columbus discoveres the New World
Jan 1, 1510

Thomas Tallis (1510-1585)

• Gaude gloriosa Dei mater P. 123 (1540)
• Absterge Domine, P. 180 (1575)
• Candidi facti sunt Nazarei P. 186 (1575)
Jan 1, 1525

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

• Gloria, from pope Marcellus Mass (1567)
• Missa Aeterna Christi munera (1590)
• Missa Tu es pastor ovium (1585)
Nov 28, 1545

Council of Trent Begins
Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1750

Baroque Period
Nov 28, 1602

Shakespeare's Hamlet Produced
Jan 1, 1678

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

• The Four Seasons (1723)
• Orlando furioso (1727)
• Stabat Mater (1712)
Jan 1, 1685

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1703-1707)
• Mass in B Minor (1749)
• Brandenburg Concertos (1721)
Sep 1, 1685

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

• Messiah (1742)
• Almira (1705)
• Ezio (1732)
Nov 28, 1715

Reign of Louis XV Begins
Nov 28, 1732

George Washington Born
Nov 29, 1732

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

• Symphony No. 61 in D major (1776)
• Il mondo della luna (1777)
• Armida (1783)
Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 1825

Classical Period
Jan 1, 1756

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1787)
• Le Nozze di Figaro (1786)
• Die Zauberflote (1791)
Jan 1, 1770

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

• Symphony No. 5 (1804-1808)
• Symphony No. 9 (1817-1824)
• Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight”

(1801)
Nov 28, 1775

American Revolution
Nov 28, 1789

French Revolution
Nov 28, 1804

Napoleon Crowned Emperor of France
Jan 1, 1813

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

• Die Walküre (1870)
• Das Rheingold (1869)
• Siegfried (1876)
Jan 1, 1813

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

• La traviata (1853)
• Otello (1887)
• Rigoletto (1851)
Period: Jan 1, 1820 to Jan 1, 1900

Romantic Period
Nov 28, 1859

Charles Darwin's Origin of Species Published
Nov 28, 1861

American Civil War Begins
Jan 1, 1862

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

• Suite bergamasque (1890)
• Deux arabesques (1888-1891)
• Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
Nov 28, 1877

Thomas Edison Invents the Cylinder Phonograph
Jan 1, 1882

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

• The Rite of Spring (1913)
• The Firebird (1910)
• The Nightingale (1914)
Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 1, 2016

The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Jul 28, 1914

World War I Begins
Jan 1, 1918

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

• New York, New York (1944)
• I Feel Pretty (1957)
• Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1941-1942)
Jan 1, 1932

John Williams (b.1932-Present)

• The Imperial March (1980)
• Duel of the Fates (1999)
• The Tale of Viktor Navorski (2004)
Jul 16, 1945

First Nuclear WeaponTested
Dec 26, 1991

Soviet Union Disolves