Final Timeline 2020

  • Baroque

    1600-1750
  • Montreverdi's L' Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • JS Bach

    1685-1750
  • Antonio Vivaldi's L' Estro Armonico

    This launched the popularity of the Italian concerto throughout Europe.
  • Rameau's Traité de l'harmonie

    contained his observations on harmonic practices. He described and codified into universal laws. It was the most influential.
  • Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Volume 1 is from 1722. It explored the possibilities of playing in all keys on an instruments tuned in near-equal temperament.
  • PreClassical Period

    1730-1770
  • Franz Joseph Haydn

    1732-1809
  • Handels Messiah

    1741
  • WA Mozart

    1756-1791
  • Viennese Classical Period

    1770-1800
  • Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs

    Saint-Georges (1745-1799) is one of France's best composers, conductors, and violinists. He was the director of Concerts des Amateurs from 1773-1781.
  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"