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Period: 477 to 1492
Middle ages
In European history, the Middle Ages was the period between the end of the Roman Empire in 476 AD and about 1500 AD, -
705
Gregorian chant
Is a music form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin -
992
Guido D´Arezzo
was an Italian music theorist and pedagogue of High medieval music. He was one of the first great composers of the history. He die in 1033 -
1098
Hildegard von Bingen
She was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher-. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, -
1135
Bernart de Vertadorn
Bernart de Ventadorn, also known as Bernart de Ventadour and Bernard de Ventadorn, was a popular Provençal troubadour, composer, and poet. He is probably the best-known trobador of the style -
1150
Leonin
He was the first known significant composer of polyphonic organum. He was member in the Notre Damm School in France. He die in 1201 -
Period: 1170 to 1310
Ars Antiqua
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1221
ALfonso x el Sabio
Alfonso X of Castile, known as the Wise, was the king of the Crown of Castile and the other titled kingdoms between 1252 and 1284. On the death of his father, Ferdinand III the Saint, he resumed the offensive against the Muslims and occupied Jerez, Salé, the port of Rabat and conquered Cadiz. -
1300
Guillaume de Machaut
Guillaume de Machaut was a French medieval clergyman, poet, and composer. His projection was enormous and he is historically the greatest representative of the movement known as Ars nova, being considered the most famous composer of the fourteenth century. He contributed to the development of the motet and secular song -
Period: 1320 to 1375
Ars Nova
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1397
Francisco Landini
He was an Italian composer, poet, organist, singer and instrument make. He die in 1397 -
Period: 1400 to
Renacimiento
Renacimiento es el nombre dado en el siglo XIX a un amplio movimiento cultural que se produjo en Europa Occidental durante los siglos XV y XVI. Fue un periodo de transición entre la Edad Media y los inicios de la Edad Moderna. Wikipedia -
1468
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, más conocido como Johannes Gutenberg o Johannes Gutemberg, fue un orfebre alemán, inventor de la prensa de imprenta moderna con tipos móviles, hacia 1450. -
1468
Juan Del Encina
Juan de Fermoselle, better known as Juan del Encina (in the current spelling of his name) or Juan del Enzina (in the spelling of the time), was a poet, musician and playwright of the Spanish Renaissance at the time of the Catholic Monarchs. -
1483
Martin Lutero
Martin Luther, born Martin Luder, was an Augustinian Catholic theologian, philosopher, and friar who initiated and promoted the Protestant Reformation in Germany and whose teachings inspired the theological and cultural doctrine called Lutheranism. -
Period: Jan 1, 1493 to
Modern Age
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1500
Cristobal de Morales
Cristóbal de Morales was born in Seville where he had an expensive education. He pass all his infancy studying and compusing music. He compose sacred music and he die in 1553 -
1510
Antonio De Cabezon
Antonio was a Spanish Renaissance composer and organist. Blind from childhood, He frequently composed organ masses and liturgical music -
1532
Orlando di Lasso
He composed in the Franco-Flemish school in the nort of france and belgium. He composed poliphony music -
1533
Andrea Gabrieli
He was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. His uncle taught him and he was more famous than he and he was member of the Venecian school one of the more importats in the epoch -
1544
Maddalena Casulana
He was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music -
1547
Giovanni Pierlugi da Palestrina
was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. He live in Rome where he was the most important compuser in Roma -
1548
Tomas Luis de Victoria
He was an important spanish composer. He compose in the reinnasance and he was so important in his epoch -
1557
Giovanni Gabrielli
was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift from Renaissance to Baroque idioms. His uncle was Andrea Gabrielli who was more famous than he in music -
1557
Perotin
Perotin was a medieval French composer, He was the most famous composer in the Notre Damm school he died around 1230. -
1566
Carlo Gesualdo
He was an italian composer, he was famous for his music in the late renaissance, he wrote madrigals and sacra music.
He also killed his first wife and a few years later in 1613 he die -
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Barroco
The barroco was an historic timespan which advances in art; music, architecture or theatre. Barroco was caracterised in music by poliphony and complex rhythm. -
Christoph Willibald Gluck
He born un Germany.He was consireded on of the most importants compositor of french and Italian opera of the history, He live in the in the early classical period. -
Mozart
He born un Austria,Salzburgo and He wrote in many different musical genres. Perhaps his best-known works are operas, piano concertos, piano sonatas, symphonies, and string quartets. -
Nannerl Mozart
She is the little sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, she isn't so reconoced in this epoch but in the XVIII she is considedered a great composer bu for beggining a woman doesn't stand out or earn so mucho money. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
(Bonn, now Germany, 1770 - Vienna, 1827) German composer. Born in the bosom of a family of Flemish origin, his father, before the evident qualities for the music that the small Ludwig demonstrated, tried to make of him a second Mozart, although with scarce success. -
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn, was an Austrian composer. He is one of the greatest representatives of the Classical period, as well as being known as the "father of the symphony" and the "father of the string quartet" thanks to his important contributions to both genres. -
Rossini
He was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber and piano music pieces, and some sacred music.He compose new types of opera sería y buffa -
Maria Teresa Von Paradis
Maria Theresia von Paradis was an Austrian pianist and composer. Although she completely lost her sight at the age of three, this did not prevent the production and work of this great pianist, singer and composer from standing out. -
Robert Schumann
He was a German composer, pianist and music critic of the 19th century, considered one of the most important and representative composers of musical Romanticism.
He composer compositions for piano and orchestra in the comencé of his career and later he compose óperas,sinphonie.etc. -
Listz
He was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, and teacher of the Romantic period.
Liszt taught piano performance to hundreds of students throughout his life, many of which went on to become notable performers -
Verdi
He was an Italian Romantic composer of opera, one of the most important composers of all time.He compose in the second part of the nineteenth century and he compose principaly operas like -
Wagner
Was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas.His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs. -
Clara Schumann
He was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era.
She also composed solo piano pieces, a piano concerto chamber music, choral pieces, and songs. -
Shubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer of early Romantic music, but at the same time a continuation of the classical sonata modelled on Ludwig van Beethoven. -
Bedřich Smetana
He was a Czech composer and intrument player he touch the piano and the violin .He compose nationalism, realism and romanticism music.He was a brilliant kid so he gave his first public performance at the age of six. -
Felix 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 fellow pianist and composer Fanny Mendelssohn. -
Hector Berlioz
Louis Hector Berlioz was a French composer and leading figure of Romanticism. His best known work is the Symphonie fantastique, premiered in 1830. -
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (Hamburg, 7 May 1833 - Vienna, 3 April 1897) was a German Romantic composer, pianist and conductor, considered the most classical of the Romantic composers. -
Mussorgsky
was a Russian composer, He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period,he was one member of the group known as The Five.Many of his works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore because he was a nationalism -
Tchaikovski
He was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake -
CHOPIN
Frédéric François Chopin was a French-Polish teacher, composer and virtuoso pianist, considered one of the most important in history and one of the greatest representatives of musical Romanticism. -
Grief
He was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers,
Some of Grieg's works include a symphony and a piano sonata. He wrote three violin sonatas and a cello sonata. -
Rimski-Kórsakov
He was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five with César Cui, Aleksandr Borodin, Mily Balakirev and Modest Mussorgsk. He was a master of orchestration and he believed ina nationalistic style of classical music. -
Hugo Wolf
(Windischgraz, 1860 - Vienna, 1903) Austrian composer. His restless and tormented life reflected the spiritual turmoil of late Romanticism, to which he passionately adhered. In 1875 he entered the Conservatory in the Austrian capital and began to associate with Wagner, who came to Vienna to conduct Tannhäuser and Lohengrin. -
Gustav Mahler
He was an Austro-Bohemian composer and conductor whose works are considered the most important composer of the post-renacentism -
Debussy
He was a French composer. Some people see him as the first Impressionist composer. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Debussy strongly objected to the use of the word Impressionism for his music but the analyst Richard Langham Smith writes that Impressionism was originally a term coined to describe a style of late 19th-century French painting. -
SIBELIUS
Sibelius was Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early-modern periods,he is the most important composer in Finland and he helped Finland to develop a stronger national identity when the russians were ataching Finland.
He compose seven symphonys,some tone poems and he do other thinks like violin concerto. -
Maurice Ravel
He was a French composer, pianist and conductor,he compose operas, vocal works, orchestra and chamber music.
He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. -
Bela Bartok
He was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist.He principaly comopose operas and folk music .He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers -
Zoltán Kodály
he was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education, he also help some poor schools to teach music with his method -
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist ,he is one of the few importants compositor in America but he is a brazilian icon in music for people.He compose sonatas,orchestal transcriptions and he touch the piano and the violin. -
Gershwin
Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genre.n 1924, Gershwin composed his first major work, Rhapsody in Blue, for orchestra and piano. It was orchestrated by Ferde Grofé and premiered by Paul Whiteman's Concert Band, in New York. It subsequently went on to be his most popular work, -
Giacomo 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 music concepts that would govern cinema during the 20th century. -
Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer. He is considered the creator of concrete music. He is the author of a book entitled Treatise on Musical Objects, in which he sets out his theory on this type of music. He composed several works, all of them based on the technique of musique concrète. -
JOHN CAGE
John Milton Cage Jr., artistically John Cage, was an American composer, music theorist, artist and philosopher. A pioneer of aleatoric music, electronic music and the non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. -
MANUEL DE FALLA
Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish composer of musical nationalism, one of the most important composers of the first half of the 20th century, along with Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Joaquín Turina and Joaquín Rodrigo, and one of the most important Spanish composers of all time. -
JOAQUÍN TURINA
Joaquín Turina Pérez was a Spanish composer and musicologist who represented nationalism in the first half of the 20th 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. -
Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry was a French musician, considered to be the creator, together with Pierre Schaeffer, of the so-called concrete music and one of the godfathers of electroacoustic music. -
SHONBERG
Arnold Schonberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist and painter of Jewish origin. Since he emigrated to the United States in 1934, he adopted the name Arnold Schoenberg, and this is how he usually appears in English-language publications and around the world. -
STRAVINSKY
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor and one of the most important and transcendental musicians of the 20th century. His long life allowed him to experience a wide variety of musical trends. -
Philip Glass
Philip Glass is an American composer of minimalist classical music. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York. His international recognition has grown since the appearance of his opera Einstein on the Beach. -
MESSIAEN
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist, pedagogue and ornithologist, one of the most outstanding musicians of the century.