Timeline Project

By RPWelch
  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • Period: 911 to 1033

    Guido of Arezzo's formulation of the Solmization System

  • Period: 1098 to Sep 27, 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

  • 1317

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Isorythm, or equal rhythm, was created.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Period

  • 1529

    Martin Luther Chorale

    Ein fest burg (A mighty Fortress)
  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal

    Il Bianco e dolce cigno
  • 1567

    Palestrina

    Pope Marcellus Mass It proved that polyphonic music can have intelligible words even with 6 voices
  • Victoria

    Missa O magnum mysterium
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sacrae Symphoniae It was composed in Italy, and it is a collection of 63 vocal works
  • Period: to

    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo
  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    JS Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'estro Armonico This is Vivaldi's first published collection of concertos, and is considered some of the most influential music of it's time period.
  • Rameau

    Traite de L'harmonie This is one fo the most influential books in the history of Western music as a whole, because it defines how music should be written, which is mostly still followed to this day.
  • Bach

    The Well - Tempered Clavier volume 1 This collection of clavier, now keyboard, etudes is considered one of the most important works in classical music history. It includes music in all possible keys, hence the name, which means "well-tuned keyboard".
  • Period: to

    Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Handel

    Messiah
  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

    WA Mozart

  • Period: to

    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Time as director of Concerts des Amateurs This orchestra was made up of the greatest musicians of the time, and was very influential and had concerts attended by royalty
  • Mozart

    Don Diovanni
  • Haydn

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"