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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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1030
Guido of Arezzo Micrologus
Guido's Micrologus brought what we know today as the musical staff notation. The Guido's hand was knowns as the "Hexachord System." -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Saint Hildegard of Bingen's Life.
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1323
Ars Nova Treatise
The Ars Nova, created by Philippe de Vitry made the isorhythm methods and created the division of the Breves. The sequence goes to show Time and Prolation and whether a piece was heard perfect or imperfect. -
Period: 1450 to
The Renaissance Period
Also known as the age of "Rebirth." -
1485
Josquin's "Ave Maria... virgo serena" Motet
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1529
Martin Luther Chorale, "Ein Feste burg" (A Mighty Fortress)
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1538
Arcadelt's Madrigal "Il bianco e dolce cigno."
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1567
Palestrina "Pope Marcellus Mass."
The legend of the Pope Marcellus Mass was the Council of Trent, was going to condemn polyphony. Palestrina then proved the council wrong by created this Mass named after Pope Marcellus that had six voices. Palestrina proved with this piece, (and polyphony in general), you can still hear the texts of the piece. -
Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium
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Gabrieli Sonata pian'e forte
In Gabrieli's Sonata pian'e forte, we first see a instrumental piece. There was no vocal parts at all. This was performed at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, Italy. Giovanni Gabrieli created the first 80 permanent instrumental ensembles at St. Marks. -
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Baroque Period
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Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
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First Public Concerts in England
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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L'Estro Armonico
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi was made by inspiration of harmony. The other significance was that Vivaldi's works like "L'estro armonico" influenced the great J.S Bach. -
Rameau's Traité de l'harmonie
Jean-Philippe Rameau created this Treatise with five innovations that made the basic structure of teaching functional harmony. It became the most influential theoretical works because of this. -
Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier Volume 1
With these publications, Bach composed 24 preludes and fugues in every Major and Minor key. How this came to be was through the finding of Equal Temperament. -
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Handel's Messiah
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Viennese Classical Period
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Joseph Bologne as director of Concerts de Amateurs
Joseph Bologne was known as one of France's finest composers, conductors, and violinists. When he conducted the Concert des Amateurs, it became one of the finest orchestras in Europe during that time. -
Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony No. 94 Premiere in London
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor
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Schubert's Composition of "Erlkönig"
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Nicolo Paganini's 24 Caprices for Violin, op. 1
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Frederic Chopin's Mazurkas Op. 7
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Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
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"Das Jahr" by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hansel
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk's "Souvenir de Porto Rico"
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Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
This is the piano version which came out first. -
Georges Bizet's Carmen
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Premiere of Der Ring des Nibelungen
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Brahms' Symphony No.4
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Mahler's Premiere of his first symphony.
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Dvorak's New World Symphony (No.9)
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Mr. Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag
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Sibelius' premiere of Finlandia.
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Debussy's Composition of Voiles
This is from his Préludes Book 1 -
Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire
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Mr. Igor Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" Premiere
In English, "Rite of Spring." -
Schönbergs' Piano Suite, Op. 25
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Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"
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George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"
" I got Rhythm" was a part of the Musical "Girl Crazy which was the Publishing date of this song. -
Shostakovich's Premiere of his 5th Symphony.
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Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky
This was made for a film. -
The Duke's Cotton Tail!
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Olivier Messiaen "Quatuor pour le fine du temps."
This composition was created in a German Military Camp. -
The Concerto for Orchestra by Béla Bartók.
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Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring
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4'33"
Composed by John Cage. -
Edgard Varese's Poeme Electronique
Composed for the Brussels World's Fair. -
"Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis
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George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children.
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John Adams' Short Ride in Fast Machine
