Music History I Midterm Timeline

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  • Period: 500 to 1450

    The Medieval Era

  • Period: 1000 to 1099

    Guido of Arezzo's formulation of the Solmization System

    Guido of Arezzo was a music theorist originating from the medieval era, whose legacy includes creating the solfege system (specifically do-re-mi-fa-sol-la.)
  • Period: 1098 to Sep 17, 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

  • 1320

    Ars Nova Treatise

    The innovation of rhythmic notation is the most notable to come from this treatise.
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance Period

  • Period: 1527 to 1529

    Martin Luther's Chorale "Ein Feste Burg (A Mighty Kingdom)"

  • 1539

    Arcadelt Madrigal "Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno"

  • 1567

    Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus" Mass

    The significance of Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus" Mass is that it changed worship by allowing clarity within the music, and polyphonic music would then be used to elevate worship without modifying important text.

  • Victoria "Missa O magnum mysterium"

  • Giovanni Garbieli

    Giovanni Gabrieli's "Sacrae Symphoniae," a collection of motets, canzonas, and sonatas, was published in 1597. At the time, Gabrieli was residing in Venice, where he served the church and remained until his death.
  • Period: to

    The Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    JS Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico

    Antonio Vivaldi's first major work, a set of concertos published in 1711, significantly influenced the development of the concerto form beyond Italy.

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Bach wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier to demonstrate the possibility of composing and playing in all keys.

  • Rameau's Traité de l'harmonie

    The Traité was instantly acknowledged as a significant breakthrough in musical theory, solidifying Rameau's status as a prominent theorist. His book was the first to systematically outline the principles of tonality that would shape Western music for nearly two centuries.
  • Period: to

    Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

    WA Mozart

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"