music history

Gong

400

The gong is part of the percussion family and was created in 400 BC and made in Annam https://percussion.byu.edu/gongs-tam-tam

flute

900

The flute is part of the woodwind family and the year made was in 900 BC and created in china

Peter Abelard (Medieval Music period)

1079

Peter Abelard (born 1079, Le Pallet, near Nantes, Brittany [now in France]—died April 21, 1142, Priory of Saint-Marcel, near Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy [now in France]) was a French theologian and philosopher best known for his solution of the problem of universals and for his original use of dialectics. He is also known for his poetry and for his celebrated love affair with Héloïse.

Hildegard of Bingen (Medieval music period)

1098

St. Hildegard (born 1098, Böckelheim, West Franconia [Germany]—died September 17, 1179, Rupertsberg, near Bingen; canonized May 10, 2012; feast day September 17) was a German abbess, visionary mystic, and composer.

Philippe de Vitry (medieval period)

Oct 31, 1291

Philippe de Vitry (born Oct. 31, 1291, Paris, Fr.—died June 9, 1361, Meaux) was a French prelate, music theorist, poet, and composer.Vitry studied at the Sorbonne and was ordained a deacon at an early age. His earliest-known employment was as secretary to Charles IV. Later he became adviser to Charles and to his successors at the royal court at Paris, Philip VI and John II.

snare drum

1301

The snare drum is part of the percussion family and created in 1301 and it was made in Medieval Europe https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/950

Guillaume Du Fay A (Medieval music period)

Aug 5, 1397

Guillaume Dufay (born August 5, 1397?, Beersel, near Brussels, Burgundian Netherlands [now in Belgium]—died November 27, 1474, Cambrai, Bishopric of Cambrai [now in France]) was a Franco-Flemish composer noted for both his church music and his secular chansons.

sackbut

1401

The sackbut instrument is part of the brass family and was created in 1401 and made at burgundy. https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/renaissance-instruments/sackbut-renaissance/

gittern

1450

The Gittern is part of the string family and the gittern was made in 1450 and from danzig Poland https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/medieval-instruments/gittern-medieval/

Trombone

1450

The trombone is part of the brass family and was create in 1450 in Belgium https://musicrising.tulane.edu/discover/instruments/trombone/

Trumpet

1500

The trumpet is part of the brass family and the trumpet was made in Egypt https://musicrising.tulane.edu/discover/instruments/trumpet

Dilcimer

1501

The Dilcimer is part of the string family and was made 1501 it was created in harpsichod https://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/CraftRevival/crafts/dulcimer.html

cello

1550

The cello is part of the string family and the cello was made in Italy https://musaic.nws.edu/videos/inside-the-music-the-expressive-range-of-the-cello

Oboe

1601

The Oboe is part of the woodwind family and the year it was made in was 1601 or 1700 and it was created was france

fiddle

1650

the fiddle is part of the string family. the year the fiddle was in 1650.the fiddle was made in Europe https://musicrising.tulane.edu/discover/instruments/fiddle/

bass drum

1680

The bass drum is part of the percussion family and the year it created in 1680 and was created in turkey

clarinet

1698

The Clarinet is part of the woodwind family and was made in Germany and the year was made in 1698

tambourine

1700

The Tambourine is part of the percussion family and was made in 1700 and the country is unknown but it was most used in Egypt etc.

contrabassoon

1714

The contrabassoon is part of the woodwind family and the year it was made was 1714 and was created in mid 18th century.

Leopold Mozart (Classical period)

Nov 14, 1719

Leopold Mozart (born November 14, 1719, Augsburg [Germany]—died May 28, 1787, Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg [Austria]) was a German violinist, teacher, and composer. He was the father and principal teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

English horn

1720

The English is part of the brass family and was created in 1720 and made in Silesia https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798139/m2/1/high_res_d/1002774332-Stanton.pdf

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Classical period)

Jan 27, 1756

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born January 27, 1756, Salzburg, archbishopric of Salzburg [Austria]—died December 5, 1791, Vienna) was an Austrian composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. With Haydn and Beethoven he brought to its height the achievement of the Viennese Classical school.

Banjo

1770

The Banjo is part of the string family and was created in 1770 and was made in North America.https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/653

Ludwig van Beethoven (classical period)

Dec 17, 1770

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne [Germany]—died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria) was a German composer, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras.

Vincenzo Bellini (romantic period)

Nov 3, 1801

Vincenzo Bellini (born November 3, 1801, Catania, Sicily [Italy]—died September 23, 1835, Puteaux, near Paris, France) was an Italian operatic composer with a gift for creating vocal melody at once pure in style and sensuous in expression. His influence is reflected not only in later operatic compositions, including the early works of Richard Wagner, but also in the instrumental music of Chopin and Liszt.

Hector Berlioz (romantic period)

Dec 11, 1803

Hector Berlioz (born December 11, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André, France—died March 8, 1869, Paris) was a French composer, critic, and conductor of the Romantic period, known largely for his Symphonie fantastique (1830), the choral symphony Roméo et Juliette (1839), and the dramatic piece La Damnation de Faust (1846). His last years were marked by fame abroad and hostility at home.

Robert Schumann(romantic period )

Jun 8, 1810

Robert Schumann (born June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Saxony [Germany]—died July 29, 1856, Endenich, near Bonn, Prussia [Germany]) was a German Romantic composer renowned particularly for his piano music, songs (lieder), and orchestral music. Many of his best-known piano pieces were written for his wife, the pianist Clara Schumann.

Franz Liszt

1811

Franz Liszt (born October 22, 1811, Doborján, kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Raiding, Austria]—died July 31, 1886, Bayreuth, Germany) was a Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer. Among his many notable compositions are his 12 symphonic poems, two (completed) piano concerti, several sacred choral works, and a great variety of solo piano pieces.

Giuseppe verdi (romantic period)

Oct 9, 1813

Giuseppe Verdi (born October 9/10, 1813, Roncole, near Busseto, duchy of Parma [Italy]—died January 27, 1901, Milan, Italy) was a leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th century, noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1851), Il trovatore (1853), La traviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867), Aida (1871), Otello (1887), and Falstaff (1893) and for his Requiem Mass (1874).

Clara Josephine Wieck

Sep 16, 1819

Central to Isata Kanneh-Mason's debut album, Romance, devoted to Clara Central to Isata Kanneh-Mason's debut album, Romance, devoted to Clara Concerto, begun when she was only 13. She gave its premiere in the Leipzig Gewandhaus aged 16, conducted by Felix Mendelssohn. Born: Sept. 13, 1819, Leipzig, Saxony [Germany]
Died: May 20, 1896, Frankfurt am Main, Ger. (aged 76

piccolo

1832

The piccolo is part of the woodwind family and the year was made in 1832 and was created in Italy

Tuba

1835

The tuba instrument is part of the brass family and was created in 1835 in Germany https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1507

Saxophone

1840

The Saxophone is part of the woodwind family and was created in 1840 and made in Belgian

Author Sullivan

May 13, 1842

Arthur Sullivan (born May 13, 1842, London, England—died November 22, 1900, London) was a composer who, with W.S. Gilbert, established the distinctive English form of the operetta. Gilbert’s satire and verbal ingenuity were matched so well by Sullivan’s unfailing melodiousness, resourceful musicianship, and sense of parody that the works of this unique partnership won lasting international acclaim.

Richard Strauss

Jun 11, 1864

Richard Strauss (born June 11, 1864, Munich, Germany—died September 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) was an outstanding German Romantic composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His symphonic poems of the 1890s and his operas of the following decade have remained an indispensable feature of the standard repertoire.

Amy Beach

Sep 5, 1867

Amy Marcy Beach (born Sept. 5, 1867, Henniker, N.H., U.S.—died Dec. 27, 1944, New York, N.Y.) was an American pianist and composer known for her Piano Concerto (1900) and her Gaelic Symphony (1894), the first symphony by an American woman composer.

cymbals

2000

the cymbals is part of the percussion family and was made in 2000 BC and was from Rome