Timeline Project for Music History 1 and 2 - Mary Dunn

By Mdunn47
  • 500

    Medieval Period Begins

  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

    The innovation of this document is the creation of the hexachord system.
  • 1098

    Hildegard of Bingen Birth

  • 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen Death

  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    The innovation of this piece was the introduction of meter signatures at the start of the song.
  • 1450

    Medieval Period Ends

  • 1450

    Renaissance Period Begins

  • 1485

    Josquin's Ave Maria Motet

  • 1529

    Martin Luther Chorale Ein feste burg

  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno

  • 1567

    Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

    The significance of this piece is that the style used which is known as the "Palestrina Style" has been used as a model for composers over generations and is still the idea format used in present-day textbooks.

  • Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium

  • Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte

    It was created in Venice, Italy at St. Mark's Basilica. It was the first piece to introduce dynamics as well as specify the instrument that would play a part.

  • Renaissance Period Ends

  • Boroque Period Begins

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • JS Bach's Birth

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    The most influential publication of any music in the early 18th century and it launched the immense popularity of the Italian concerto throughout Europe.

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Both volumes contain 24 preludes and fuges that cover all major and minor keys. It allows an instrument tuned in almost equal temperament, play in all keys.

  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Most influential of all theoretical works and became basis for teaching functional harmony that is still used today.

  • PreClassical Period Begins

  • Franz Joseph Haydn's Birth

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Boroque Period Ends

  • JS Bach's Death

  • WA Mozart's Birth

  • Viennese Classical Period Begins

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

    Premiered numerous new works, including unpublished music. One of the finest orchestras in Europe.

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

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Based off the legend Don Juan.

  • WA Mozart's Death

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" London Premiere

  • Viennese Classical Period Ends

  • PreClassical Period Ends

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor (premiere date)

  • Franz Joseph Haydn's Death

  • Schubert Erlkönig (composition date)

  • Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia (premiere date)

  • Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op.1 (complete first publication)

  • Period: to

    Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7 (composition date range)

  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (composition date)

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr (composition date)

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico

  • Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)

  • Bizet Carmen (premiere date)

  • Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen (premiere of complete cycle)

  • Brahms' Symphony No.4 (premiere)

  • Mahler Symphony No.1 (premiere)

  • Claude Debussy “Voiles” from Préludes Book 1

  • Arnold Schönberg - Pierrot Lunaire

  • Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (premiere)

  • Manuel de Falla - Homenaje (Homage)

  • George and Ira Gershwin “I Got Rhythm"

  • Margaret Bonds “The Negro Speaks of River"

  • Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 premier

  • Duke Ellington - Cottontail

  • Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

  • John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

  • Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

  • George Crumb - Ancient Voices of Children

  • John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machin