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Period: 25,000 BCE to 5000 BCE
Pre-History
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Period: 5000 BCE to 476
Ancient Age
THIS IS SPARTA -
1400 BCE
Epitafio de Seikilos
It´s the oldest musical composition preserverd. It´s a Greek inscription written on a marble column over the tomb of Seikilos wife -
Period: 476 to Oct 12, 1492
Middle Age
LONG LIVE KING WALLACE -
680
Gregorian Chant
is a type of plainchant, simple, monodic and with a music of the Catholic Church.
its compilation is attributed to Pope Gregory the Great, and it is an evolution of the Roman chant confronted with the Gallican chant
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991
Guido d’Arezzo´s birth
was an Italian Benedictine monk and music theorist who is one of the central figures in the music of the Middle Ages.
He is remembered today for the development of a notation system that specifies the pitch of sound by means of lines and spaces. -
1098
Hildegard von Bingen´s Birth
was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath saint, active as a composer, writer, philosopher, scientist, naturalist, physician, mystic, monastic leader and prophetess during the middle ages.
She is also one of the most famous composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern times. -
1122
Bernart de Ventadorn´s Birth
was a popular Provençal troubadour, composer and poet. He is probably the best known troubadour of the style known as trobar leu -
1150
Leonin´s Birth
also called Magister Leoninus
Leoninus is, together with Perotinus, the first known composer of polyphonic organum, related to the School of Notre Dame. -
1155
Perotin´s Birth
was a French medieval composer called in French Pérotin le Grand.
Considered the most important composer of the School of Notre Dame de Paris, in which the polyphonic style began to take shape. -
1168
Ars Antiqua
refers to the music of Europe in the late Middle Ages between approximately 1170 and 1310, encompassing the period of the Notre Dame School of polyphony and the years that followed -
1221
Alfonso X birth
Alfonso X of Castile, called the Wise, was the king of the Crown of Castile between 1252 and 1284.
is recognized for the literary, scientific, historical and legal work done by its royal scribes.5Alfonso X sponsored, supervised and often participated with his own writings with a group of Latin, Hebrew and Islamic intellectuals known as the Toledo School of Translators. -
1300
Guillaume de Machaut´s birth
was a French medieval cleric, poet and composer.
the highest representative of the Ars nova, being considered the most famous composer of the 14th century. -
1310
Ars Nova
from Latin “new art”
is an expression due to the theorist Philippe de Vitry that designates the musical production, both French and Italian, after the last works of the ars antiqua until the predominance of the Burgundy school. -
1325
Francesco Landini´s birth
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. -
1400
Johannes Gutenberg´s Birth
was a German goldsmith and the inventor of the modern printing press with movable type.
His most recognized work is the 42-line Bible, which is considered the first book printed with movable type. -
Period: 1400 to 1498
Renaissance
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Oct 9, 1467
Juan del Encina´s Birth
was a poet, musician and playwright of the Spanish Renaissance during the time of the Catholic Monarchs.
he is considered one of the greatest exponents of religious and profane polyphony in Spain in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martín Lutero´s Birth
was an Augustinian theologian, philosopher and Catholic friar who began the Protestant Reformation in Germany. -
Period: Oct 9, 1492 to
Modern Age
AMERICA NUMBER ONE
HOMELANDER -
1500
Cristóbal de Morales´s Birth
He was a Spanish priest and the main representant of the Andalusian poliphonic school.
Also, one of the three main composers of the Spanish poliphonic composition of the Renaissance. -
1509
Antonio de Cabezón´s Birth
was a Spanish organist, harpist and composer of the Renaissance. He was blind -
1525
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina´s Birth
was an Italian Renaissance composer and the best known representative of the Roman school of musical composition.
He had a lasting influence on the development of ecclesiastical and secular music in Europe. -
1531
Andrea Gabrieli´s Birth
was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. An uncle of Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers. -
1532
Orlando di Lasso´s Birth
He was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. Along with Palestrina and Victoria, he is considered one of the most influential composers of the 16th century. -
1544
Maddalena Casulana´s Birth
She was a compositor, also she was a Italian singer, and player of laud.
She was the first woman composer to have an entire volume of her music printed and published in the history of Western music -
1548
Tomás Luis de Victoria´s Birth
He was a Spanish priest and a famous poliphonic composer of the Spanish Renaissance.
He had an innovative compositional style and that's why people used to say that he was very relevant and ahead of his time -
1557
Giovanni Gabrieli´s Birth
One of the most influential musicians of his era.
He was in the transition from renaissance music to baroque music. -
1566
Carlo Gesualdo´s Birth
was an Italian composer, one of the most significant figures of late Renaissance music with intensely expressive madrigals.
The best known event of his life was the murder of his first wife. -
Mar 15, 1567
Claudio Monteverdi´s birth
He was an Italian composer, violagambist, singer, choir conductor and priest.
He marked the transition between polyphonic and madrigalist tradition -
Period: to
Barroco
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Giacomo Carissimi´s Birth
He had a lot of students among them Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Alessandro Scarlatti.
In 1637 he was named a priest, in 1649 was elected pontifical chaper master and introduced the accompaniment of instrumental music in the church. -
Barbara Strozzi´s Birth
Also known as Barbara Valle, she was an Italian composer and singer of the Barroco.
She published eight volumes of its own music, this without the help of the catholic church and the sponsors of the nobles. -
Stradivarius´s Birth
Stradivari (Stradivarius) was a Italian lutier, also an apprentice of Nocolò Amanti.
Stradivarius was the most famous bowed instrument maker, especially violins -
Henry Purcell´s birth
was an English baroque composer. Considered one of the greatest English composers of all time.
he created a unique English style of Baroque music -
Antonio Vivaldi´s Birth
He was a Venetian composer, also he was a entrepeneur, teacher and a Priest.
He´s considered one of the most important and famous baroque composers. -
George Philipp Telemann´s birth
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
was a German composer, later nationalized British, considered one of the leading figures in the history of music. -
Johann Sebastian Bach´s Birth
He had a great reputation as an organist and harpsichordist throughout Europe for his great technique and ability to improvise music on the organ.
In addition to the organ and harpsichord, he played the violin. -
Christoph Willibald von Gluck´s Birth
He was a German composer and is considered one of the most important opera composers of Classicism. He completely reformed opera by eliminating the da capo arias, suppressing the extensive dry recitatives with harpsichord and replacing them with recitatives accompanied by the orchestra. -
J. Haydn´s Birth
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 lived his entire life in Austria and spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy and aristocratic Esterházy family of Hungary. -
Nannerl Mozart´s Birth
was a famous musician of the 18th century. She was Mozart's older sister. Leopold, her father, took her and her brother to many cities, such as Vienna and Paris, to exploit her talents. At the beginning she stood out as an excellent performer in harpsichord and piano, besides she also had singing skills. -
Mozart´s Birth
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He was a German composer, pianist, conductor and teacher from the former Archbishopric of Salzburg and is considered one of the most influential and outstanding musicians in history. He encompassed all the musical genres of his time and included more than six hundred creations, most of which are recognized as masterpieces of symphonic, concertante, chamber, fortepiano, operatic and choral music, achieving international popularity and diffusion. -
Maria Theresia Von Paradis
She 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. Her contributions were fundamental for the musical education of her time, especially for the blind. Nowadays she is an important reference in the history of classical music regarding her musical execution and interpretation. -
Beethoven´s Birth
He was a German composer, conductor, pianist and piano teacher. His legacy has had a decisive influence on the subsequent evolution of this art. Beethoven managed to transcend the music of Romanticism, influencing a variety of musical works of the nineteenth century. His art was expressed in numerous genres and although the symphonies were the main source of his international popularity, his impact proved to be mainly significant in his works for piano and chamber music. -
Period: to
Contemporary Age
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Rossini´s Birth
He was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity. -
Franz Schubert´s Birth
He was an Austrian composer of the beginnings of musical Romanticism and, at the same time, continuator of the classical sonata following the model of Ludwig van Beethoven. Despite his short life, he left a great legacy, which includes more than six hundred secular vocal works, seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music and a large number of works for piano and chamber music. -
Robert Schumann´s Birth
was a 19th century German composer, pianist and music critic, considered one of the most important and representative composers of musical Romanticism. Schumann left his law studies, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. His teacher Friedrich Wieck had assured him that he could become the best pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream and he focused his musical energies on composition. -
Giuseppe Verdi´s Birth
He was an Italian romantic opera composer, one of the most important of all time. In his early operas he showed sympathy for the Risorgimento movement, which sought the unification of Italy. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. -
Richard Wagner´s Birth
He was a German composer, conductor, playwright and musical theorist of Romanticism. His operas stand out mainly in which, unlike other composers, he also assumed the libretto and scenography. He transformed musical thinking with the idea of the “total work of art”, the synthesis of all the poetic, visual, musical and scenic arts, which he developed in a series of essays between 1849 and 1852, and which he embodied in the first half of his monumental tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung. -
Johannes Brahms Birth
He was a German composer, pianist and conductor of the Romantic period, considered the most classical of the composers of that period. Born into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna.
He remained faithful all his life to romantic and conservative classicism, influenced by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn and, particularly, by Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann. He was possibly the greatest representative of the conservative circle in the Romantic War. -
Chopin´s Birth
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Puccini´s birth
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 rule the cinema during the 20th century. For him, the use of modal passages or polytonal resources and tonality or atonality were matters of effect that were defined by the dramatic needs of the work. -
Hugo Wolf´s Birth
He was an Austrian composer of Slovenian origin who lived in Vienna during the late 19th century. An enthusiastic follower of Richard Wagner, he got mixed up in the disputes existing in Vienna, at that time, between Wagnerians and Formalists or Brahmsians. He was a very enthusiastic person, but also very unbalanced. -
Mahler´s Birth
He was an Austro-Bohemian composer and conductor whose works are considered, along with those of Richard Strauss, the most important of post-Romanticism.
In the first decade of the 20th century, Gustav Mahler was one of the most important orchestra and opera conductors of his time. -
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