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Period: 3300 BCE to 476
Ancient age
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200 BCE
seikilios epitaph
Is the composition with notation music most ancient of all the world -
Period: 476 to Oct 12, 1492
Middle ages
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750
Gregorian chant
The purpose of the song was to teach the
word of God to the faithful, so the text was
more important than the music. The
rhythm of the song is free, since it depends
on the text. -
991
Guido d'Arezzo's birth
He established a name for each note of the
scale, based on the first syllable of each
verse of the hymn dedicated to Saint John
the Baptist. He originated the current
musical writing, establishing the position of
each note in four horizontal parallel lines
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1050
Guido d'Arezzo's death
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1098
Hildegard von Bingen's birth
Is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. She has been considered by a number of scholars to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany. Hildegard's convent at Disibodenberg elected her as magistra (mother superior) in 1136. -
1135
Leonin's birth
During the Ars antiqua the first polyphonic form was developed: the organum. It’s main composers, from the Notre Dame
school, were Leonin and Perotin. -
1145
Bernart de Ventadorn's birth
He was a famous troubador form french, so he was a trouvère, he also was a compositor and famous poet -
1160
Perotin's birth
During the Ars antiqua the first polyphonic form was developed: the organum. It’s main composers, from the Notre Dame
school, were Leonin and Perotin. -
Period: 1170 to 1310
Ars antiqua
During ars antiqua some pholyphonic forms was developed:
Organum: The organum adds a second voice to a Gregorian chant melody (vox principalis), which moves parallel to the first (vox organalis).
Conductus: The melody and the text of all the voices are newly created; no existing compositions are used.
Motet: It consists of two or three voices, each of which sings a different text and also has a different rhythm. -
Sep 17, 1179
Hildegard von Bigen's death
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1201
Leonin's death
Like perotin, they are the first organum composer -
1215
Bernart de Ventadorn's death
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Nov 23, 1221
Alfonso X el sabio de la Corona de Castilla's birth
Alfonso X of Castile, known as the Wise (Toledo, 23 November 1221-Seville, 4 April 1284), was 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 (1253), Salé, the port of Rabat (1260) and conquered Cadiz (c. 1262). -
1230
Perotins death
Perotin was a grand french compositor -
Apr 4, 1284
Alfonso X el sabio de la Corona de Castilla's death
In 1264, he had to face a major revolt by the Mudejars of Murcia and the Guadalquivir valley. As the son of Beatrice of Swabia, he aspired to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire and devoted more than half of his reign to this project without any positive results. In 1273 he founded the Council of the Mesta of Alfonso X. -
1300
Guillaume de Machaut's birth
The most representative figures of Ars nova were the composers Guillaume de Machaut and Francesco Landini (the most important
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Period: 1320 to 1380
Ars nova
The most widely used form is the motet, but with transformations compared to the Ars antiqua: it becomes more complex, both at a
rhythmic and melodic level and, in many cases, simultaneously uses religious and secular texts. Other forms of Ars nova are the canon,
the ballad, or the chanson. -
1325
Francesco Landini's birth
Francesco Landini was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet, instrument maker and astrologer. He was one of the most famous and admired composers of the second half of the 14th century and undoubtedly the most famous composer in Italy. -
Apr 13, 1377
Guillaume de Machaut's death
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Sep 2, 1397
Francesco Landini's death
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1400
Johannes Gutenberg's birth
He, in 1455 invented the printing press. This
invention allowed a greater diffusion of music. -
Period: 1400 to
Renaissance
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Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Gutenberg's death
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Jul 12, 1468
Juan del Encina's birth
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 during the time of the Catholic Monarchs. Along with Juan de Anchieta, Juan de Urreda, Joan Cornago, Francisco de Peñalosa as one of the greatest exponents of religious and secular polyphony in Spain in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. -
Nov 10, 1481
Martín Lutero's birth
Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the main promoter of the
Protestant Reformation. The result was the separation of
his followers, the Protestants, from the Catholic Church.
Luther's reform brought with it a series of changes that
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Period: 1492 to
Modern ages
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1500
Cristóbal de Morales's birth
Cristóbal de Morales was a Spanish Catholic priest and Kapellmaister who was the main representative of the Andalusian polyphonic school and one of the three great figures, together with Tomás Luis de Victoria and Francisco Guerrero, of Spanish polyphonic composition during the Renaissance. -
Mar 30, 1510
Antonio de Cabzón's birth
He was blind as a child, an adverse circumstance that did not prevent him from having a brilliant musical career. He lived in Burgos. In Palencia he was probably taught by García de Baeza, organist of the cathedral. In 1526 he was organist of the musical chapel of the empress Isabella of Portugal, and in 1538 he entered the service of the emperor Charles I as organist of his Castilian chapel. -
Feb 3, 1525
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's birth
In Rome, the music was influenced by the demands of the Council of Trent. The
compositions were exclusively religious and the style was sober, simple and clear.
The main composers were Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. -
1529
Juan del Encina's death
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1532
Orlando di Lasso's birth
In Rome, the music was influenced by the demands of the Council of Trent. The
compositions were exclusively religious and the style was sober, simple and clear.
The main composers were Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. -
1533
Andrea Gabrieli's birth
In Venice, polychorality was characteristic, which means the use of several
different choirs within the same work. The most prominent composers are Andrea
Gabrieli and his nephew Giovanni. -
1540
Maddalena Casulana's birth
She was an Italian composer, lute player and singer of the late Renaissance. She was the first woman composer to have an entire volume of her music printed and published in the history of Western music. -
Feb 18, 1546
Martín Lutero's death
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1548
Tomás Luis de Victoria's birth
Spanish Renaissance music is dominated by the spirit of the Counter-Reformation: the
compositions were austere and very expressive, and stand out for their simplicity. One
of the most outstanding composers of religious music is Tomás Luis de Victoria. -
Oct 7, 1553
Cristóbal de Morales's death
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1557
Giovanni Gabrieli's birth
In Venice, polychorality was characteristic, which means the use of several
different choirs within the same work. The most prominent composers are Andrea
Gabrieli and his nephew Giovanni. -
Mar 26, 1566
Antono de Cabezón's death
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Apr 30, 1566
Carlo Guesaldo's birth
Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza , was an Italian composer, one of the most significant figures of late Renaissance music with intensely expressive madrigals and pieces of sacred music with a chromaticism that would not be heard again until the end of the 19th century. -
1567
Claudio Monteverdi's birth
Claudio Monteverdi, whose full name was Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, was an Italian composer, violagambist, singer, choir director and priest. He composed both secular and sacred music and marked the transition between the polyphonic and madrigalist tradition of the 16th century and the birth of lyric drama and opera in the 17th century. He is a crucial figure in the transition between Renaissance and Baroque music. -
Andrea Gabrieli's death
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Maddalena Casulana's death
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's death
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Orlando di Lasso's death
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Tomás Luis de Victoria's death
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Carlo Guesaldo's death
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Barbara Strozzi's birth
Strozzi's life and career have been overshadowed by claims that she was a courtesan, which cannot be fully confirmed, as at the time it was assumed that women's music was a courtesan's intellectual asset. -
Antonio Monteverdi's death
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Henry Purcell's birth
Henry Purcell was an English baroque composer. Considered one of the greatest English composers of all time, he incorporated French and Italian stylistic elements into his music, creating an English style of Baroque music. -
Stradivarius invention
The first Stradivarius violin known to us dates from 1666, made when Antony was 22 years old, and it is estimated that during his lifetime he produced around a thousand violins and other stringed instruments, of which some 650 survive. -
Barbara Strozzi's death
Barbara Strozzi, also called Barbara Valle, was an Italian Baroque singer and composer. During her lifetime, she published eight volumes of her own music and had more secular music in print than any other composer of the time. This was achieved without any support from the Catholic Church and without the constant patronage of the nobility. -
Antonio Vivaldi's birth
Antonio Vivaldi was a Venetian Baroque composer, violinist, impresario, teacher and Catholic priest. He was nicknamed Il prete rosso because he was a priest and had red hair. He is considered one of the greatest Baroque composers, his influence during his lifetime spread throughout Europe and he was instrumental in the development of Johann Sebastian Bach's instrumental music. -
George Philipp Telemann's birth
Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer, although his work also had characteristics of early classicism. He is considered the most prolific composer in the history of music. -
Georg Friedrich Händel's birth
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Johan Sebastian Bach's birth
He was the most important member of one of the most prominent families of musicians in history, with more than 35 famous composers: the Bach family. He had a great reputation as an organist and harpsichordist throughout Europe for his great technique and ability to improvise music at the keyboard. In addition to the organ and harpsichord, he played the violin and viola da gamba. -
Henry Purcell's death
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Gluck's birth
Christoph Willibald Gluck, from 1756 knight of Gluck was a German composer, from the region of Bohemia, Czech Republic. He is considered one of the most important opera composers of the Classicism of the second half of the 18th century. -
Antonio Vivaldi's death
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Johan Sebastian Bach's death
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Johanico Wolfangingo Teomopolios Amudeos Mozartico's birth
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (Salzburg, Holy Roman Empire, January 27, 1756-Vienna, Holy Roman Empire, December 5, 1791), better known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was a German composer, pianist, conductor and teacher,1 from the former Archbishopric of Salzburg (formerly part of the Holy Roman Empire, now part of Austria). A master of classicism, he is considered one of the most influential and outstanding musicians in history. -
Georg Friedrich Händel's death
Georg Friedrich Händel in English George Frideric Handel was a German composer, later naturalised British, considered one of the leading figures in the history of music, especially Baroque music, and one of the most influential composers in Western and world music. In the history of music, he is the first modern composer to have adapted and focused his music to suit the tastes and needs of the public, rather than those of the nobility and patrons, as was customary. -
Georg Philipp Telemann's death
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Gluck's death
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Johanico Wolfangingo Teomopolios Amudeos Mozartico's death
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Franz Joseph Haydn's birth
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. He also contributed to the instrumental development of the piano trio and the evolution of the sonata form.