History of Music

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  • Period: 500 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • 1030

    Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus

    • 4-line staff.
    • relative pitch.
    • sight singing syllables.
    • Round b (flat) and Square b (Natural).
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

  • 1323

    Ars Nova Treatise

    • Ars nova replaces Ars antiqua (old art).
    • Introduced new notation for time and prolation.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Period

  • 1485

    Josquin's Ave Maria . . . virgo serena Motet

  • 1529

    Martin Luther Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress..)

  • 1538

    Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno

  • 1567

    Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

    • Exemplifies Palestrina's counterpoint style.
    • Rules included are: Mostly stepwise melodic motion. Dissonances introduced in suspensions and resolved on strong beats. Dissonances between beats are allowed if the moving voice is doing so in a stepwise fashion or as a suspension. Most leaps are followed by stepwise motion in the opposite direction resulting in the "Palestrina arch" (or curve)

  • Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium

  • Gabrieli Sonata pian' e forte

    • In Venice, Italy.
    • One of first pieces in history to specify which instruments play which parts.
    • First piece in history to dictate dynamics.
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    Baroque

  • Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico

    Published by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam, the most prestigious publisher in Europe. The most influential publication of any music in the early 18th century. It launched the immense popularity of the Italian concerto throughout Europe.

  • Rameau's Traite de l'harmonie

    Had many innovations: Triad and 7th chord primal importance. Defined root of chord and recognized inversions. Fundamental bass line. Consonance vs Dissonance. Used terms tonic, dominant, and subdominant, established these 3 chords as pillars of harmony. V7-I strongest progression. Although a piece could modulate, each ad a central tonic key.

  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Demonstrates the possibilities for playing in all keys using an instrument tuned in near-equal temperament.
  • Period: to

    PreClassical Period

  • Period: to

    Franz Josef Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

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

    US President John Adams called him "the most accomplished man in Europe." He was a virtuoso violinist and master swordsmen. Son of French colonial official and an African slave on Guadeloupe.
  • Period: to

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No.94 "Surprise"

  • Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C-Minor

  • Schubert Erlkonig

  • Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia

  • Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op.1

  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

  • Period: to

    Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr

  • Period: to

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico

  • Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

  • Bizet Carmen

  • Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

  • Brahms' Symphony No.4

  • Mahler Symphony No.1

  • Claude Debussy "Voiles" from Preludes Book 1

  • Arnold Schonberg Pierrot Lunaire

  • Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

  • Manuel de Falla Homenaje (Homage)

  • George and Ira Gershwin "I Got Rhythm"

  • Margaret Bonds "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

  • Dimitri Shostakovich Symphony No.5 premiere

  • Duke Ellington Cottontail

  • Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring

  • John Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

  • Miles Davis Kind of Blue

  • George Crumb Ancient Voices of Children

  • John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine