Timeline Project (History of Music)

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  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

    Also known as the Middle Ages.
  • Guido of Arezzo Micrologus
    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.

  • Ars Nova Treatise
    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."
  • Josquin's "Ave Maria... virgo serena" Motet
    1485

    Josquin's "Ave Maria... virgo serena" Motet

  • Martin Luther Chorale, "Ein Feste burg" (A Mighty Fortress)
    1529

    Martin Luther Chorale, "Ein Feste burg" (A Mighty Fortress)

  • Arcadelt's Madrigal "Il bianco e dolce cigno."
    1538

    Arcadelt's Madrigal "Il bianco e dolce cigno."

  • Palestrina "Pope Marcellus Mass."
    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

    Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium

  • Gabrieli Sonata pian'e forte

    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.
  • Period: to

    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

    Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

    First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    Johann Sebastian Bach

  • L'Estro Armonico

    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

    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

    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.
  • Period: to

    Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

    Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

    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

    Mozart's Don Giovanni

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

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

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor

    Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor

  • Schubert's Composition of "Erlkönig"

    Schubert's Composition of "Erlkönig"

  • Nicolo Paganini's 24 Caprices for Violin, op. 1

    Nicolo Paganini's 24 Caprices for Violin, op. 1

  • Period: to

    Frederic Chopin's Mazurkas Op. 7

  • Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

    Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

  • "Das Jahr" by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hansel

    "Das Jahr" by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hansel

  • Period: to

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk's "Souvenir de Porto Rico"

  • Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

    Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

    This is the piano version which came out first.
  • Georges Bizet's Carmen

    Georges Bizet's Carmen

  • Premiere of Der Ring des Nibelungen

    Premiere of Der Ring des Nibelungen

  • Brahms' Symphony No.4

    Brahms' Symphony No.4

  • Mahler's Premiere of his first symphony.

    Mahler's Premiere of his first symphony.

  • Dvorak's New World Symphony (No.9)

    Dvorak's New World Symphony (No.9)

  • Mr. Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag

    Mr. Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag

  • Sibelius' premiere of Finlandia.

    Sibelius' premiere of Finlandia.

  • Debussy's Composition of Voiles

    Debussy's Composition of Voiles

    This is from his Préludes Book 1
  • Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire

    Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire

  • Mr. Igor Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" Premiere

    Mr. Igor Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" Premiere

    In English, "Rite of Spring."
  • Schönbergs' Piano Suite, Op. 25

    Schönbergs' Piano Suite, Op. 25

  • Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

    Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"

  • George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"

    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.

    Shostakovich's Premiere of his 5th Symphony.

  • Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky

    Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky

    This was made for a film.
  • The Duke's Cotton Tail!

    The Duke's Cotton Tail!

  • Olivier Messiaen "Quatuor pour le fine du temps."

    Olivier Messiaen "Quatuor pour le fine du temps."

    This composition was created in a German Military Camp.
  • The Concerto for Orchestra by Béla Bartók.

    The Concerto for Orchestra by Béla Bartók.

  • Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring

  • 4'33"

    4'33"

    Composed by John Cage.
  • Edgard Varese's Poeme Electronique

    Edgard Varese's Poeme Electronique

    Composed for the Brussels World's Fair.
  • "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis

    "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis

  • George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children.

    George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children.

  • John Adams' Short Ride in Fast Machine

    John Adams' Short Ride in Fast Machine