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476
Roman Empire Falls
This promoted the growth of churches which began to use gregorian chant for their music. -
500
Medival begins
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Jan 1, 1096
Crusades begin
This led to introduction of Arabic instruments. Such as the lute, psaltrey, and rebic. -
Jan 1, 1400
Medival ends
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Jan 2, 1400
Renaissance begins
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Mar 30, 1440
The printing press was created
Allowed information to be dispersed much quickly. This also allowed music to be printed and spread out more quickly. Many people had access to the music and often put twists of their own into it. -
Jan 1, 1550
Dance Music Become Popular
Dance music became popular and was composed by many people. The familiar sounds of the Renaissance eventually made their way into Baroque dance music. -
Renaissance ends
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Baroque begins
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The Suite and Sonata were created
Suite is an orchestral composition that has several short pieces performed at the same time. The sonata is music written for a solo instrument. -
Bach is born
He was born in Germany. He was highly respected because of his abilities with composing and playing the organ. He influenced many composers with his styles of his music even after he died.Famous works Toccata and Fugue in d minor, Goldberg variations, Brandenburg Concertos, Cello suites. -
Classical Begins
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Baroque ends
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Bach dies
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born
Mozart was born in Salsburg, Austria. He was very infulential with his works. He was a prodigy and composed at the age of 5. He was inspired by Bach and baroque music. His major works are Don Giovanni, The magic Flute, The marrage of figaro, Requiem mass, ava verum corpus, granpartita. -
Ludwig van Beehtovan born
Was born in Germany . His fater often beat him. His main instruemnt was the piano. Lead poising caused his hearing to decrease all the way to comple deafness. He composed his 9th symphony completely deaf. His infuelnce were the idea of the heros jouney and going deaf. His major works are the Monnlit sonata and his fiith and third symphony. -
Romantic Begins
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French Revolution begins
A time were French people revolted the idea of Monachries and promted the idea of a republic. Many songs were created about the struggle of the French people. The idea of songs about revolution carried on through most of the Romantic Period. -
Mozart dies
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French Revolution Ends
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Classical Ends
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Beehtoven dies
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Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky born
He was born in Russia. Diffrent than other composers becuase he went to school, studied, and became a music professor. A major inspiration in his life was his mother died and that caused him to start composing. His major works are Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Waltz of the Flowers, Serenade for strings, and the 1812 overture. -
Nationlist begins
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Claude Debuusy born
He was a French Composer. He had a large effect on the impresionist era. Famous for non traditional scales. He most often used Symbolism for his Songs. Most famous is the Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. Which is a very tradinaonal beauty. -
Romantic ends
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Modern Begins
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Patent for manufactoring record expires
This allowed for many people to record their own music. -
the first ever movie with sound was created
This was the first and definetly not last movie with music and it started a revolution. It was called the Jazz singer. -
John Williams Born
He was born in Australia. He is the Second most awarded composer. He is a composer that composes for movies. He has worked on many classics. He is close firends with Steven Speilberg. His famous works are Hedwigs theme, Imperial March, The Raiders march. -
Morten Lauridsen born
He is an American Composer born in Colfax, Washington. He worked as a forest fire fighter before he went to study composition at the University of Southern California. He has over 200 cd and has five Grammy's. He has teached at a various schoola and currently teaches at the USC Thornton School of Music. His famous works are mainly Choral works. -
Nationalist ends
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Vietnam War begins
This inspires lots of music to be created about the war. -
Vietnam war ends
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