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Music History Timeline Project

By JamieLouHoo
  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • Period: 991 to 1033

    Guido of Arezzo's 'Micrologus'

    solemnization and arrangement of lines and spaces which developed into the modern staff freeing music from its dependence of oral transmission
  • Hildegard of Bingen
    1098

    Hildegard of Bingen

    Born
  • Hildegard of Bingen
    1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

    Died
  • Ars Nova Treatise
    1320

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Philippe de Vitry. Made possible to increase variety of notes and rhythmic combinations in written music
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Period

  • Martin Luther Chorale
    1529

    Martin Luther Chorale

    Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress..)
  • Jacques Arcadelt Madrigal
    1538

    Jacques Arcadelt Madrigal

    Il bianco e dolce cigno
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 'Pope Marcellus Mass'
    1567

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 'Pope Marcellus Mass'

    Composed after Council of Trent requested clearer text. Use of synchronized voices to pronounce the phrase simultaneously.
  • Tomas Luis de Victoria

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    Missa O magnum mysterium
  • Giovanni Gabrieli 'Sonata pian’e forte'

    Giovanni Gabrieli 'Sonata pian’e forte'

    First ensemble piece to designate specific instruments in printed parts. One of the earliest instances of dynamic markings in music.
  • Period: to

    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

    Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

  • JS Bach

    JS Bach

    Born
  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    one of Vivaldi’s first collection of concerto’s published.
  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    one of the most influential theoretical works ever written.
  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Bach’s best known works for the keyboard. This book explored styles of playing in all keys.
  • Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Born
  • Handel's Messiah

    Handel's Messiah

  • JS Bach

    JS Bach

    Died
  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Born
  • First Public Concerts in England

    First Public Concerts in England

    Concert des Amateurs. Amateurs referred to music lovers, not unprofessional musicians.
  • Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs

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

    1773-1781, one of France’s best composers, one of the first famous black composers.
  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Died
  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

  • Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Died