Music History Timeline 2

  • Period: to

    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    JS Bach Lifetime

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    Most influential publication of the 18th century, and jumpstarted the popularity of the Italian concerto
  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Most influential of all theoretical works.
  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Demonstrated the possibility of playing in all 24 keys with equal temperament
  • Period: to

    Franz Joseph Haydn Lifetime

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

    WA Mozart Lifespan

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs

    He was an African-descendent musician, and he conducted one of the finest orchestras in Europe.
  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"