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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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1030
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
This document innovated the Hexachord System which described the sight singing system. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1323
Ars Nova Treatise
This innovated new rhythmic characteristics of Ars Nova -
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: Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1562
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass
Published in 1567. Presented the Palestrina Style. It showed intricate polyphonic vocal lines and became a model for later music. -
Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium
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Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte
Where: St. Mark's Bascilla
1. It specified dynamics in a piece
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Baroque Era
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Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
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First public concerts England
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Period: to
JS Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico
It offered a a "manifesto" for modern violin. It was also harmonic inspiration that was out of the ordinary at the time -
Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie
This work introduced, the terms, tonic, dominant and subdominant. Became the basis for tonal harmony. -
Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1
Showed the possibilities of playing in all the keys. Changed tuning of the keyboard -
Period: to
Franz Joseph Haydn
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Handel's Messiah
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Period: to
WA Mozart
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Period: to
Viennese Classical Period
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Period: to
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs
Saint-Georges led one of the the first modern world orchestras at the time. -
Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"
Premiered in London 1792 -
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor (premiere date)
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Schubert - Erlkönig (composition date)
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Niccolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op 1
First published in 1820, grouped and numbered 1 to 24 together with 12 sonatas for violin and guitar. -
Period: to
Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op. 7
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Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (composition date)
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Fanny Mendelssohn- Hensel Das Jahr (composition date)
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico
A musical composition written by Gottschalk for piano while on tour in Puerto Rico. Created the theme based on a song played by wandering bands on Christmas Eve. -
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orignal piano version)
Composed as a memorial to his friend, a Russian artist who died in 1873. Each movement representing a piece of art work on display. -
Bizet - Carmen (premiere date)
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Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen (premiere of complete cycle)
The full premiere of this piece took place on August 14-17 during a festival curated by Wagner. -
Brahms Symphony No. 4 (premiere date)
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Mahler Symphony No. 1(premiere)
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Dvorak Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Premiered December 16, 1893 in New York City. It was composed to prove Dvorak theory that using characteristics of African American and Native American music as the foundation for an American National school of Compositon. -
Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag
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Debussy - "Voiles" from Préludes Book 1
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Arnold Schönberg - Pierrot Lunaire
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Arnold Schönberg's Piano Suite, Op.25
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Louis Armstrong's "Hotter Than That"
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George and Ira Gershwin - I got rhythm
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Shostakovich Symphony No.5 premiere
Shostakovich's Symphony premiered in July 1937 in what is now St. Petersburg Russia. -
Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky (film)
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Duke Ellington - Cottontail
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Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps (composition date)
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Bela Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra
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Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring
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John Cage's 4’33’’ (composition date)
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Edward Varese Poeme Electronique
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Miles Davis Kind of Blue
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George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children
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John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine
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Jean Sibelius' Finlandia premiere