Charm of Music Timeline 2

Writing of Magna Carta

Jun 15, 1215

Founding of Ottoman Empire

Jan 1, 1299

Coronation of Henry VIII

Jun 24, 1509

Defeat of Spanish Armada

Aug 8, 1588

Founding of East India Company

Dec 31, 1600

Departure of Mayflower

Jul 9, 1625

Founding of The Articles of Confederation

Nov 15, 1777

Romantic Era of Music

Period: Jan 1, 1780 to Jan 1, 1910

Franz Schubert

Period: Jan 31, 1797 to Nov 19, 1828

Austrian, Romantic

Hector Berlioz

Period: Dec 11, 1803 to Mar 18, 1869

French, Romantic

Fanny Mendelssohn

Period: Nov 14, 1805 to May 14, 1847

German, Romantic

Felix Mendelssohn

Period: Feb 3, 1809 to Nov 4, 1847

German. Romantic

Frederic Chopin

Period: Mar 1, 1810 to Oct 17, 1849

Polish

Robert Schumann

Period: Jun 8, 1810 to Jul 29, 1856

German. Romantic

Franz Lizst

Period: Oct 22, 1811 to Jul 31, 1886

Hungarian. Romantic

Richard Wagner

Period: May 22, 1813 to Feb 13, 1883

German. Romantic

Giuseppe Verdi

Period: Oct 9, 1813 to Jan 27, 1901

Italian, Romantic

Johannes Brahms

Period: May 7, 1833 to Apr 3, 1897

German. Romantic

Tchaikovsky

Period: May 7, 1840 to Nov 6, 1893

Russian. Romantic

Gustav Mahler

Period: Jul 7, 1860 to May 18, 1911

Austrian. Late Romantic

Claude Debussy

Period: Aug 22, 1862 to Mar 25, 1918

French. Impressionist. Modernist

Richard Strauss

Period: Jun 11, 1864 to Sep 8, 1949

Romantic, early modern. German

Modernism

Period: Jan 1, 1870 to May 1, 1970

Impressionism, Expressionism, and all of the other music that questioned what music really was. Could also call late 19th century, early 20th century

Arnold Schoenberg

Period: Sep 13, 1874 to Jul 13, 1951

Austrian. Early contemporary. Late modernist/20th century

Maurice Ravel

Period: Mar 7, 1875 to Dec 28, 1937

French. Romantic

Das Rheingold Premiers

Aug 13, 1876

Bela Bartok

Period: Mar 25, 1881 to Sep 26, 1945

Hungarian. Mid 20th century.

Anton Webern

Period: Dec 3, 1883 to Sep 15, 1945

Austrian. Late Romantic Early 20th Century

Alban Berg

Period: Feb 9, 1885 to Feb 24, 1935

Modernist. 12 tone guy (2SoV). Austrian

Igor Stravinsky

Period: Jun 17, 1887 to Apr 6, 1971

Post-Romantic. Modern. Russian

Duke Ellington

Period: Apr 29, 1899 to May 24, 1974

American, Modernist

Aaron Copland

Period: Nov 14, 1900 to Dec 2, 1990

American. Contemporary

Louis Armstrong

Period: Aug 4, 1901 to Jul 6, 1971

American. Contemporary. Jazz

Titanic Sinks

Apr 15, 1912

John Cage

Period: Sep 5, 1912 to Aug 12, 1992

American. Contemporary. Strange Music

Leonard Bernstein

Period: Aug 25, 1918 to Oct 14, 1990

American. Contemporary, late Modernism

Minnie the Moocher Recorded

Jan 1, 1931

Note: Specific Date Not Given

Arvo Part

Period: Sep 11, 1935 to May 1, 2016

Still alive. Estonian. Contemporary

Steve Riech

Period: Oct 3, 1936 to May 1, 2016

Still Alive. Contemporary. American Minimalist

Sister Rosetta Tharpe Records For First Time

Oct 31, 1938

Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon

Jul 20, 1969

Contemporary

Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Jan 1, 2016

Modern Music as it is known today

Yes Releases Fragile

Nov 12, 1971

Deep Purple Releases Machine Head

Mar 25, 1972

OJ Simpson Rushes for 2000 Yards for First Time in NFL History

Jan 1, 1973

Not on specific date hence the listing of New Years

Queen Performs at LIVE AID

Jul 13, 1985

First Episode of South Park Airs

Aug 13, 1997

Death of Lemmy Kilmister

Dec 28, 2015

Kobe Bryant's Final Game

Apr 14, 2016

Death of Prince

Apr 21, 2016