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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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1030
Guido of Arezzo's Microlugus
Innovated musical notation with a 4-line staff and relative pitch. Placed notes on the Guidonian Hand. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
HIldegard of Bingen
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1323
Ars Nova Treatise
Innovated the notation of musical rhythm allowing for duple and triple subdividing -
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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1560
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass
Dedicated to the Pope to demonstrate to the Council of Trent that sacred words could be coherent in polyphonic music -
Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium
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Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte
First composition to notate dynamics and one of the first compositions to designate specific instruments for each line -
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Baroque
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Monteverdi's L’Orfeo
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First Public Concerts in England
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J. S. Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico
Popularized the Italian concerto in Europe, fast-slow-fast movements, and concerto ritornello form -
Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1
Collection of 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys showcasing equal temperament -
Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie
-Triad and 7th chords primal importance
-Root of chord and inversions
-Fundamental Bass line
-Consonance vs. Dissonance
-Established tonic, dominant, and subdominant as pillars of harmony
-V7-I strongest progression
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Preclassical Period
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Handel's Messiah
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WA Mozart
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Viennese Classical Period
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Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"