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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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Period: 990 to 1050
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
The innovation of this document is solmization, the micrologus ca.1050, and the hexachord system. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1320
Ars Nova Treatise
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Period: 1450 to
Renaissance Period
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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 Madrigal II bianco e dolce cigno
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1567
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass
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Victoria Missa O Magnum Mysterium
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Gabrieli Sonata pian'e forte
The Gabrieli Sonata pian'e forte became the very first composition to have dynamics written.