Music Histroy

By cavanwilcox05
  • Period: 400 to 1400

    Medieval Period

  • Period: 991 to 1033

    Guido of Arezzo's Formulation of Solmization System

  • 1098

    Hildegard of Bingen Birth

  • 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen Death

  • 1322

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Created a new way of denoting rhythms on paper.
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance Period

  • 1529

    Martin Luther's Chorale *Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress)*

  • 1539

    Arcadelt Madrigal"s *Il bianco e Dolce Cigno*

  • 1567

    Palestrina *Pope Marcellus* Mass

    This piece allowed polyphonic music from being banned from church music.

  • Victoria *Missa O Magnum Mysterium*

  • Period: to

    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's Z'Orfeo

  • First public concerts In Englad

  • JS Bach Birth

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico

    His First publication of his concertos

  • Rameau's Traitede L'harmonie

    This incorporated Philosophical ideas alongside practical music theory.

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier Volume 1

    Established the Tuning system we use today.

  • Franz Joseph Haydn Birth

  • Handle's Messiah

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • JS Bach Death

  • WA Mozart Birth

  • Period: to

    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs

    He was a mixed-race conductor of a major symphony. Prominent member of the musical community.

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    First Performance

  • WA Mozart Death

  • Hayden's Symphony No.94 "Surprise" Premiere date in London

  • Franz Joseph Haydn Death