Timeline #2 - Baroque Era

De’calvalieri

Period: 1550 to 1602

Caccini

Period: 1551 to 1618

Gabrieli

Period: 1557 to 1612

Viadana

Period: 1560 to 1637

Praetorius

Period: 1560 to 1629

Peri

Period: 1561 to 1633

Bull

Period: 1562 to 1628

Dowland

Period: 1563 to 1626

Hassler

Period: 1564 to 1612

Shakespeare

Period: 1564 to 1616

Monteverdi

Period: 1567 to 1643

Campion

Period: 1567 to 1620

Banchieri

Period: 1568 to 1634

Rossi

Period: 1570 to 1630

Agazzari

Period: 1580 to 1642

Gagliano

Period: 1582 to 1643

D'india

Period: 1582 to 1629

Gibbons

Period: 1583 to 1625

Frescobaldi

Period: 1583 to 1643

Schütz

Period: 1585 to 1672

Schein

Period: 1586 to 1630

Scheidt

Period: 1587 to 1654

Manelli

Period: 1595 to 1667

Genres

Period: 1600 to 1650

Opera
Ballets
Masses
Magnificent
Vespers
Motets
Madrigals
Cantatas
Oratorios

Stylistic traits

Period: 1600 to 1650

Homophony/Polyphony
Free rhythms
Start of tonality
Poetic form
Binary form
Use of markings
Contrast
Basso continuo

Inventions

Period: 1600 to 1650

Opera
Oboe

Cavalli

Period: 1602 to 1676

Carissimi

Period: 1605 to 1674

Du Mont

Period: 1610 to 1684

Thirty years war

1618

Strozzi

Period: 1619 to 1677

Locke

Period: 1621 to 1677

Bontempi

Period: 1625 to 1705

Bontempi

Period: 1625 to 1705

Legrenzi

Period: 1626 to 1690

Kerll

Period: 1627 to 1693

Baltzar

Period: 1631 to 1663

Lully

Period: 1632 to 1687

Buxtehude

Period: 1637 to 1707

J.C. Bach

Period: 1642 to 1703

Charpentier

Period: 1643 to 1704

End of the ming dynasty

1644

Blow

Period: 1648 to 1708

Genres

Period: 1650 to 1700

Cantatas
Opera
Concerto
Sonata
Trio
Ballets

Stylistic traits

Period: 1650 to 1700

Recitative melodies
Basso continuo
Tonal system
Homophony/Polyphony
Ritornellos
Strings dominated

Invention

Period: 1650 to 1700

Candy cane
Pocket watch

Corelli

Period: 1653 to 1713

Pachelbel

Period: 1653 to 1706

Steffani

Period: 1654 to 1728

Torelli

Period: 1658 to 1709

Purcell

Period: 1659 to 1695

Scarlatti

Period: 1660 to 1725

Kuhnau

Period: 1660 to 1722

Ariosti

Period: 1666 to 1729

Couperin

Period: 1668 to 1733

Caldara

Period: 1670 to 1736

Albinoni

Period: 1671 to 1750

Keiser

Period: 1674 to 1739

Vivaldi

Period: 1678 to 1741

Telemann

Period: 1681 to 1767

Rameau

Period: 1683 to 1783

J.S. Bach

Period: 1685 to 1750

Händel

Period: 1685 to 1759

Scarlatti

Period: 1685 to 1757

Porpora

Period: 1686 to 1768

Salem witch trials

1692

Tartini

Period: 1692 to 1770

Vinci

Period: 1696 to 1730

Quantz

Period: 1697 to 1773

Genres

Period: 1700 to 1730

Opera
Cantata
Oratorio
Concerto
Sonata

Stylistic traits

Period: 1700 to 1730

Fortspinning
Basso continuo
Steady tempos
16th notes
Diatonic system established
Polyphony/Homophony
Ritornello, fuges, da capo aria
Binary form
"hair pins"

Inventions

Period: 1700 to 1730

Piano
Tuning fork

Martini

Period: 1706 to 1784

United Kingdom is formed

1707

Pergolesi

Period: 1710 to 1736