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  • Period: 3300 BCE to 476

    Antique

  • 3100 BCE

    invention of writing

  • Period: 100 BCE to 100 BCE

    Seikilos epitaf

    The Seikilos epitaph is an Ancient Greek inscription that preserves the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation.
  • Period: 476 to Oct 12, 1492

    medieval age

  • Period: 680 to 730

    Gregoriang song

    Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Period: 991 to 1050

    Guido d´ Arezzo

    Guido of Arezzo (Italian: Guido d'Arezzo;[n 1] c. 991–992 – after 1033) was an Italian music theorist and pedagogue of High medieval music. A Benedictine monk, he is regarded as the inventor—or by some, developer—of the modern staff notation that had a massive influence on the development of Western musical notation and practice.[
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Hildegard of Bingen OSB, (German: Hildegard von Bingen, pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən]; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages.[1][2] She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history.
  • Period: 1130 to 1200

    Bernart de ventadorn

    Bernart de Ventadorn (¿Ventadorn? (Limosín) circa 1125/1145-Monasterio de Dalon, c. 1180/1190), también conocido como Bernart de Ventadour y Bernard de Ventadorn, fue un popular trovador, compositor y poeta provenzal. Es probablemente el trovador más conocido del estilo llamado trobar leu
  • Period: 1154 to 1201

    Leonin

    Léonin o Magister Leoninus (fl. 1150–1201) es, junto con Perotín, el primer compositor conocido de organum polifónico, relacionado con la Escuela de Notre Dame.
  • Period: 1160 to 1205

    Perotin

    Perotín, llamado en francés Pérotin le Grand («el Grande») o en latín Magister Perotinus Magnus (también Perotinus Magnus y Magister Perotinus) fue un compositor medieval francés, que nació en París entre 1155 y 1160 y murió hacia 1230. Considerado el compositor más importante de la Escuela de Notre Dame de París, en la cual comenzó a gestarse el estilo polifónico. Revisó el Grand livre d'órganum (en latín Magnus liber organi o Magnus liber, atribuido a Leonín) entre 1180 y 1190.
  • Period: 1240 to 1320

    Ars antiqua

    Ars antiqua, también llamado Ars veterum o Ars vetus, se refiere a la música de Europa de finales de la Edad Media aproximadamente entre 1170 y 1310, que abarca el período de la Escuela de Notre Dame de polifonía y los años posteriores. Comprende los siglos XII y XIII. A este le siguen otros periodos de la historia de la música medieval denominados ars nova y ars subtilior.
  • Period: 1252 to 1284

    Alfonso X el Sabio

    Alfonso X de Castilla, llamado el Sabio (Toledo, 23 de noviembre de 12211​-Sevilla, 4 de abril de 12842​), fue el rey de la Corona de Castilla y de los demás reinos intitulados entre 1252 y 1284. A la muerte de su padre, Fernando III el Santo, reanudó la ofensiva contra los musulmanes y ocupó Jerez (1253), Salé, el puerto de Rabat (1260) y conquistó Cádiz (c. 1262).
  • Period: 1300 to 1377

    Guillaume de Machaut

    Guillaume de Machaut (French: [ɡijom də maʃo], Old French: [ɡiˈʎawmə də maˈtʃaw(θ)]; also Machau and Machault; c. 1300 – April 1377) was a French composer and poet who was the central figure of the ars nova style in late medieval music. His dominance of the genre is such that modern musicologists use his death to separate the ars nova from the subsequent ars subtilior movement.
  • Period: 1320 to 1380

    Ars nova

    Ars nova (Latin for new art)[2] refers to a musical style which flourished in the Kingdom of France and its surroundings during the Late Middle Ages. More particularly, it refers to the period between the preparation of the Roman de Fauvel (1310s) and the death of composer Guillaume de Machaut in 1377.
  • Period: 1325 to 1397

    Francesco Landini

    Francesco Landini (c. 1325 or 1335 – 2 September 1397; also known by many names) was an Italian composer, poet, organist, singer and instrument maker who was a central figure of the Trecento style in late Medieval music.
  • Period: 1398 to 1468

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg[a] (c. 1393–1406 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who invented the movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg's invention of the printing press[2] enabled a much faster rate of printing.
  • Period: 1469 to 1525

    Juan del Encina.

    Juan de Fermoselle, más conocido como Juan del Encina —en la grafía actual de su nombre— o Juan del Enzina —en grafía de la época— (12 de julio de 1468 - León, 1529), fue un poeta, músico y autor teatral del renacimiento español en la época de los Reyes Católicos.
  • Period: 1483 to 1546

    Martín Lutero

    Martín Lutero (en alemán: Martin Luther; Eisleben, 10 de noviembre de 1483-Eisleben, 18 de febrero de 1546), nacido como Martin Luder,3​ fue un teólogo, filósofo y fraile católico agustino que comenzó e impulsó la Reforma protestante en Alemania y cuyas enseñanzas inspiraron la doctrina teológica y cultural denominada luteranismo.
  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    modern age

    The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history. It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500.
  • Period: 1500 to 1553

    Cristóbal de Morales

    Cristóbal de Morales (Sevilla, 1500 - Málaga o, según otros, Marchena, 1553) sacerdote católico español y maestro de capilla siendo el principal representante de la escuela polifonista andaluza y uno de los tres grandes, junto a Tomás Luis de Victoria y Francisco Guerrero, de la composición polifónica española del Renacimiento.
  • Period: 1510 to 1566

    Antonio de Cabezón

    Antonio de Cabezón (Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Burgos, 1510 -Madrid, 26 de marzo de 1566) fue un organista, arpista y compositor español del Renacimiento.
  • Period: 1525 to

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Palestrina, 1525 – Roma, 2 febbraio 1594) è stato un compositore e organista italiano, tra i più importanti del Rinascimento europeo. Fu considerato tra i massimi compositori di area romana del XVI secolo[1] e ritenuto modello ideale per la composizione polifonica sacra per aver saputo magistralmente conciliare quella che era la funzione propriamente sacra della musica cattolica con gli aspetti più apertamente estetici.[
  • Period: 1532 to

    Orlando di Lasso

    Orlando di Lasso (various other names; probably c. 1532 – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with William Byrd, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tomás Luis de Victoria as one of the leading composers of the later Renaissance. Immensely prolific, his music varies considerably in style and genres, which gave him unprecedented popularity throughout Europe.
  • Period: 1533 to

    Andrea Gabrieli

    Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533[1] – August 30, 1585) was an Italian[1] composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers, and was extremely influential in spreading the Venetian style in Italy as well as in Germany.
  • Period: 1544 to

    Maddalena Casulana

    Maddalena Casulana (c.1544 – †1590) fue una compositora, intérprete de laúd y cantante italiana del Renacimiento tardío. Fue la primera mujer compositora que tuvo un volumen entero exclusivo de su música impresa y publicada en la historia de la música occidental.
  • Period: 1548 to

    Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Tomás Luis de Victoria (Ávila,1​2​ h. 1548 - Madrid, 27 de agosto de 1611) fue un sacerdote católico, maestro de capilla y célebre compositor polifonista del renacimiento español. Se le ha considerado uno de los compositores más relevantes y avanzados de su época, con un estilo innovador que anunció el inminente barroco. Su influencia llega hasta el siglo XX, cuando fue tomado como modelo por los compositores del cecilianismo.
  • Period: 1557 to

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift from Renaissance to Baroque idioms.
  • Period: 1566 to

    Carlo Gesualdo

    Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (between 8 March 1566 and 30 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was an Italian nobleman and composer. Though both the Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, he is better known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century.
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    Claudio Monteverdi

    Claudio Monteverdi, cuyo nombre completo era Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (Cremona, bautizado el 15 de mayo de 1567 - Venecia, 29 de noviembre de 1643), fue un compositor, violagambista, cantante, director de coro y sacerdote italiano.
  • Period: to

    renaissance

    The Renaissance (UK: /rɪˈneɪsəns/ rin-AY-sənss, US: /ˈrɛnəsɑːns/ ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and surpass the ideas and achievements of classical antiquity.
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    Barroque

    The Baroque (UK: /bəˈrɒk/ bə-ROK, US: /-ˈroʊk/ -⁠ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.
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    Giacomo Carissimi

    (Gian) Giacomo Carissimi (Italian pronunciation: baptized 18 April 1605 – 12 January 1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music.[1] Carissimi established the characteristic features of the Latin oratorio and was a prolific composer of masses, motets, and cantatas.
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    Barbara Strozzi

    Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle; baptised 6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677) was an Italian composer and singer of the Baroque Period. During her lifetime, Strozzi published eight volumes of her own music, and had more secular music in print than any other composer of the era. This was achieved without support from the Church or consistent patronage from the nobility.
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    Stradivarius

    Antonio Stradivari Cremona, 1644n 1​—Cremona, 18 de diciembre de 1737) fue el más prominente lutier italiano. La forma latina de su apellido, Stradivarius, se utiliza para referirse a sus instrumentos.
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    Henry Purcel

    Henry Purcell. 10 September 1659[n 2] – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music. Purcell's musical style was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest English opera composers,[4] Purcell has been assessed with John Dunstaple and William Byrd as England's most important early music composer.
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    Antonio Vivaldi

    Antonio Vivaldi (Venecia, República de Venecia, 4 de marzo de 1678-Viena, 28 de julio de 1741) fue un compositor, violinista, empresario, profesor y sacerdote católico veneciano del Barroco
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    George Philipp Telemann

    Georg Philipp Telemann (German pronunciation: 24 March 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history, at least in terms of surviving oeuvre.
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    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
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    Georg Friedrich Händel

    Georg Friedrich Händela​ ; en inglés George Frideric Handel (Halle, Brandeburgo-Prusia; 23 de./ 5 de marzo de 1685greg.-Londres; 14 de abril de 1759) fue un compositor alemán, posteriormente nacionalizado inglés, considerado una de las figuras cumbre de la historia de la música, especialmente la barroca, y uno de los más influyentes compositores de la música occidental y universal.
  • Period: to

    contemporary age