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Period: 5 to 15
gregorian chant
gregorian chant is a type of music simple, monodic and used in christian liturgic. -
Period: 992 to 1050
Guido d’ Arezzo
was an Italian Benedictine monk and musical theorist who constitutes one of the central figures of the music of the Middle Ages along with Hucbaldo. -
1098
Hildegarda von Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen was a German holy Benedictine abbess and polymath, active as a composer, writer, philosopher, scientist, naturalist, physician, mystic, monastic leader and prophetess during the Middle Ages. -
1135
Bernart de Ventadorn
He was a popular Provençal troubadour, composer and poet. He is probably the best-known trobador of the style called trobar leu. -
Period: 1150 to 1201
Léonin
the first known composer of polyphonic organum, related to the School of Notre Dame. -
Period: 1155 to 1230
Perotin
he was a compositor in middle ages born in Paris, France. he was considered de most important compositor from Notre Dame de Paris. -
Period: 1170 to 1310
Ars antiqua
is the concept of the music between 1170-1310 in Europe. -
Nov 23, 1221
Alfonso X
King of Castile and León. Alfonso X, known as the Wise, was the son of the Castilian-Leonese monarch Ferdinand III and his wife the German princess Beatrice of Swabia. -
1300
Guillaume de Machaut
Was a medieval French clergyman, poet and composer. Its projection was enormous and it is historically the highest representative of the movement known as Ars nova, being considered the most famous composer of the 14th century. He contributed to the development of the motet and the secular song. -
Period: 1315 to 1375
Ars nova
Ars nova is an expression due to the theorist Philippe de Vitry that designates musical production, both French and Italian. -
Sep 2, 1397
Francesco Landini
He was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet, instrument builder and astrologer. He was one of the most famous and admired composers of the second half of the 14th century and undoubtedly the most famous composer in Italy. -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Gutemberg
Johannes Gutenberg was a German inventor who created the printing press with mobile metal types and caused the books to be mass-produced. -
Dec 7, 1468
Juan del Encina
Was a poet, musician and theatrical author of the Spanish Renaissance in the time of the Catholic Monarchs. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martín Lutero
Luder, was an Augustinian Catholic theologian, philosopher and friar who began and promoted the Protestant Reformation in Germany and whose teachings inspired the theological and cultural doctrine called Lutheranism. -
1500
Cristóbal de Morales
Spanish Catholic priest and chapel teacher being the main representative of the Andalusian polyphonist school and one of the great three, along with Tomás Luis de Victoria and Francisco Guerrero, of the Spanish polyphonic composition of the Renaissance. -
Mar 30, 1510
Antonio de Cabezón
Was a Spanish organist, harpist and composer of the Renaissance. -
1525
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known representative of the Roman School of Musical Composition of the 16th century. -
1532
Orlando di Lasso
Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. Along with Palestrina and Victoria, he is considered one of the most influential composers of the 16th century. -
1533
Andrea Gabrieli
Was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. Uncle of perhaps the most famous composer Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of Composers. He had a great influence on the spread of the Venetian style both in Italy and in Germany. -
1544
Maddalena Casulana
Was an Italian composer, lute performer and singer of the late Renaissance. She was the first female composer to have an exclusive full volume of her music printed and published in the history of Western music. -
1548
Tomas Luis de Victoria
He was a Catholic priest, chapel master and famous polyphonist composer of the Spanish Renaissance. He has been considered one of the most relevant and advanced composers of his time, with an innovative style that announced the imminent baroque. -
1557
Giovanni Gabrieli
Was an Italian composer and organist, born and died in Venice. One of the most influential musicians of his time, he represents the culmination of the Venetian school, being framed in the transition from Renaissance music to baroque music. -
1567
Claudio Monteverdi
Whose full name was Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, was an Italian composer, violist, singer, choir director and priest. -
Giacomo Carissimi
He was one of the most eminent Italian composers of the early Baroque and one of the main representatives of the Roman School. It was born in Marino, near Rome, in 1604 or 1605. -
Barbara Strozzi
She was an Italian Baroque singer and songwriter. During his life, he published eight volumes of his own music and had more secular music printed than any other composer of the time. -
Antonio vivaldi
Was a Venetian Baroque Catholic composer, violinist, impresario, teacher and priest. He was nicknamed Il prete rosso for being a priest and a redhead. -
Georg Philipp Telemann
He was a German Baroque composer, although his work also had characteristics of principles of classicism. He is considered the most prolific composer in the history of music. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University of Leipzig. -
Georg Philipp Telemann
He was a German Baroque composer, although his work also had characteristics of principles of classicism. He is considered the most prolific composer in the history of music. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University of Leipzig. -
Georg Friedrich Händel
Was a German composer, later nationalized English, considered one of the leading figures in the history of music, especially Baroque, and one of the most influential composers of Western and universal music. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
He was a German composer, musician, conductor, chapel master, singer and teacher of the Baroque period. He was the most important member of one of the most outstanding families of musicians in history, with more than 35 famous composers: the Bach family. -
Period: to
Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck, since 1756 knight of Gluck was a German composer, from the region of Bohemia, Czech Republic. He is considered one of the most important opera composers of the Classicism of the second half of the 18th century. -
Period: to
J. Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn, known as Joseph Haydn, was an Austrian composer. He is one of the highest representatives of the Classic period, in addition to being known as the "father of the symphony" and the "father of the string quartet" thanks to his important contributions to both genres. -
Period: to
Nannerl Mozart
Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, also called Nannerl and Marianne, was a famous 18th-century music. She was the older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the daughter of Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart -
Period: to
W.A Mozart
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, better known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, conductor and teacher of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, master of Classicism, considered one of the most influential and outstanding musicians in history -
Period: to
María Theresia Von Paradis
Maria Theresia von Paradis was an Austrian pianist and composer. Despite the fact that from the age of three he completely lost his sight, this was not an impediment for the production and work of this great pianist, singer and songwriter to stand out. -
Period: to
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, pianist and piano teacher. His musical legacy ranges, chronologically, from Classicism to the beginnings of Romanticism -
Period: to
Rossini
Gioachino Rossini was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some pieces of chamber and piano music and some sacred music. -
Period: to
Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer of the principles of musical Romanticism but, at the same time, a continuation of the classical sonata following the model of Ludwig van Beethoven -
Period: to
Berlioz
Louis Hector Berlioz was a French composer and a prominent figure of Romanticism. His best-known work is the Fantastic Symphony, premiered in 1830 -
Period: to
Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn, whose full name was Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, was a German composer, conductor and pianist of romantic music, and brother of the also pianist and composer Fanny Mendelssohn -
Period: to
Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a teacher, composer and virtuoso Franco-Polish pianist, considered one of the most important in history and one of the greatest representatives of musical Romanticism. -
Period: to
Schumann
Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist and music critic of the 19th century, considered one of the most important and representative composers of musical Romanticism. Schumann left his law studies, with the intention of pursuing a career as a virtuoso pianist -
Period: to
Listz
Franz Liszt was a romantic Austro-Hungarian composer, a virtuoso pianist, conductor, piano teacher, arranger and Franciscan secular. His Hungarian name was Liszt Ferencz, according to modern use Liszt Ferenc, and from 1859 to 1865 he was officially known as Franz Ritter von Liszt -
Period: to
Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, poet, essayist, playwright and musical theorist of Romanticism. Mainly his operas stand out in which, unlike other composers, he also assumed the libretto and scenography. -
Period: to
Verdi
was a 19th-century Italian composer, known mainly for his operas. That's really why he is considered one of the most important opera composers in history. -
Period: to
Clara Schumann
Clara Wieck, known as Clara Schumann, was a German pianist, composer and piano teacher. She was one of the great European concert artists of the 19th century and her career was key in the dissemination of the compositions of her husband, Robert Schumann -
Period: to
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana was a composer born in Bohemia, a region that was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the lifetime of the musician. He was a pioneer in the development of a musical style that was intimately linked to Czech nationalism. Therefore, he is recognized in his country as the father of Czech music. -
Period: to
Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist and conductor of Romanticism, considered the most classic of the composers of that period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna -
Period: to
Musorgski
Was a Russian composer, a member of the "The Five" group. Among his works are the operas Borís Godunov and Jovánschina, the symphonic poem Una noche en el Monte Pelado and the piano suite Paintings from an exhibition. Musorgsky was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period -
Period: to
Chaikovski
Pyotr Ilyich Chaikovsky was a Russian composer from the Romantic period. He is the author of some of the most famous works of classical music in the current repertoire -
Period: to
Dvorak
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a post-Romantic composer born in Bohemia - a territory then belonging to the Austrian Empire -, one of the first Czech composers to achieve worldwide recognition and one of the great composers of the second half of the 19th century -
Period: to
Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg, commonly referred to as Edvard Grieg, was a Norwegian composer and pianist, considered one of the main representatives of late Romanticism. -
Period: to
Rimski Korsakov
Nikolai Andreievich Rimski-Kórsakov was a Russian composer, conductor and pedagogue member of the group of composers known as The Five -
Period: to
Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, better known simply as Giacomo Puccini, was an Italian opera composer, considered among the greatest, of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was a visionary, creator of the concepts of music that would govern cinema during the twentieth century. -
Period: to
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was an Austrian composer of Slovenian origin, who lived during the final years of the 19th century in Vienna. Enthusiastic follower of Richard Wagner, he mingled in the existing disputes in Vienna, at that time, between Wagnerians and formalists or Brahmsians -
Period: to
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was an Austro-Bohemian composer and conductor whose works are considered, along with those of Richard Strauss, the most important of post-Romanticism. In the first decade of the 20th century, Gustav Mahler was one of the most important orchestra and opera conductors of his time. -
Period: to
Debussy
Achille Claude Debussy was a French composer, one of the most influential of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Some authors consider him the first Impressionist composer, although he categorically rejected the term. -
Period: to
Sibelius
Jean Sibelius, registered at birth as Johan Julius Christian Sibelius, was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romanticism and early Modernism. -
Period: to
Schönberg
Arnold Schönberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist and painter of Jewish origin. Since he emigrated to the United States in 1934, he adopted the name of Arnold Schoenberg, and this is how he usually appears in English-language publications and around the world. -
Period: to
Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel was a French composer of the 20th century. His work, often linked to Impressionism, also shows a bold neoclassical style and, sometimes, features of Expressionism, and is the result of a complex heritage and musical findings that revolutionized music for piano and orchestra. -
Period: to
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish composer of musical nationalism, one of the most important of the first half of the twentieth century, along with Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Joaquín Turina and Joaquín Rodrigo, and one of the most important Spanish composers of all time -
Period: to
B Artok
Béla Viktor János Bartók, known as Béla Bartók, was a Hungarian musician who stood out as a composer, pianist and researcher of folk music from Eastern Europe. He is considered one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. -
Period: to
Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor and one of the most important and transcendental musicians of the twentieth century. His long life allowed him to get to know a wide variety of musical currents -
Period: to
Kódaly
Zoltán Kodály was a prominent Hungarian musician whose musical style first went through a post-Romantic-viense phase and who later evolved towards its main characteristic: the mixture of folklore and complex harmonies of the twentieth century, shared with Béla Bartók. -
Period: to
Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina Pérez was a Spanish composer and musicologist representing nationalism in the first half of the twentieth century. Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albéniz and he composed the most important works of Impressionism in Spain. His most important works are Danzas fantásticas and La procesión del Rocío -
Period: to
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian conductor and composer. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and European classical music. He received some musical instruction from his father. -
Period: to
Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American musician, composer and pianist. He is popularly recognized for having managed to make a perfect amalgam between classical music and jazz, which is evident in his prodigious works -
Period: to
Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist, pedagogue and ornithologist, one of the most outstanding musicians of the entire century -
Period: to
Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer. He is considered the creator of the specific music. He is the author of the book entitled Treatise of Musical Objects, where he exposes all his theory about this type of music. He composed different works, all of them based on the technique of specific music. -
Period: to
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr., artistically John Cage, was an American composer, music theorist, artist and philosopher. A pioneer of random music, electronic music and the non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the main figures of the post-war avant-garde. -
Period: to
Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry was a French musician, considered the creator, along with Pierre Schaeffer, of so-called concrete music and one of the godfathers of electroacoustic music. -
Period: to
Philipp Glass
Philip Glass is an American minimalist classical music composer. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York. His international recognition increased since the appearance of his opera Einstein on the Beach.