MUSIC timeline

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  • Period: 476 to 1492

    The middle ages

  • Creation of Gregorian chant
    600

    Creation of Gregorian chant

    It arose in France, it was created by papa Gregorio Magno. It is a type of plainchant, simple and monodic. Used in the liturgy of the Catholic Church.
  • Period: 800 to 1400

    Feudalism

    It is the economic, political and social system of the Middle Ages characterized by the division of society into three great estates (nobility, clergy and peasantry) It was from the 9th to about the 15th century.
  • Period: 995 to 1033

    Guido de Arezzo

    Is one of the musicians who gave shape and structure to music. He was a Benedictine monk, music theorist, and a central figure in the music of the Middle Ages.
  • Period: 1346 to 1353

    The black plague

    In 1348, a terrible and unknown disease spread through Europe, and in a few years it sowed death and destruction throughout the continent.
  • Gutenberg printing invention
    1440

    Gutenberg printing invention

    In Germany, Gutenberg invented the printing press, which started the Printing Revolution.
  • Taking of Constantinople
    May 29, 1453

    Taking of Constantinople

    Conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. The event marked the end of the Middle Ages and produced a great commotion in Christianity.