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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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Period: Apr 2, 742 to Jan 28, 814
Charlemagne
As Holy Roman Emperor from 800-814, he encouraged the Catholic Church to write and preserve church music, which consists of most of the music records we have access to from this time period. -
Period: 800 to 900
Musica Enchiriadis
It is the first surviving attempt to set up a system of rules for polyphony in western art music. It was written at some point during the 9th century -
Period: 990 to 1035
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
Italian Music Theorist of the Medieval Era, Guido Micrologus was a treatise that helped establish modern musical notation. It was written in approximately 1026. -
Period: 1098 to Sep 17, 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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Period: 1100 to 1350
Troubadour/Trobairitz
Troubadour's years active: 1100-1350
Trobairitz's years active: 1170-1260 -
Period: 1160 to 1250
Notre Dame School Polyphony
The Notre-Dame school or the Notre-Dame school of polyphony refers to the group of composers working at or near the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris from about 1160 to 1250, along with the music they produced. -
Period: 1250 to 1280
Franco of Cologne/Ars Cantus Mensurabilis
Franco of Cologne wrote this treatise first treatise to suggest that individual notes could have their own duration independent of context. -
Period: 1300 to Apr 13, 1377
Guillaume de Machaut
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Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
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Period: 1320 to 1325
Ars Nova Treatise
Written around 1320, this treatise brought new innovations to the notation of musical rhythms. -
Period: 1335 to Sep 2, 1397
Francesco Landini
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1440
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