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D'Arrezzo finishes writing his Micrologus ("Little Treatise") which was innovative because it was one of the first known and comprehensive guides for written musical notation. In the Micrologus, he also includes a detailed explanation of his "Guidonian Hand", a useful trick to help people sight sing. -
One of the most prolific composers and poets during the Medieval period.
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Latin for "New Art", it was composer Phillipe de Vitry's treatise written to delineate the style of French music during the late Medieval period which is also aptly named "Ars Nova." In his treaty, Vitry attempts to legitamize duple meter as compared to triple meter, which was the characterizing time signature of the period. -
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Palestrina's "Pope Marcellus Mass" was composed for six different voices and contained frequent changes of density within these voices. The publication of this mass essentially rescued polyphony at a point where the musical dogma was very strict during the Counter-Reformation. -
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Gabrieli's "Sonata pian’e forte" was written in Venice and one of the earliest known pieces that included definite dynamic markings in the written notation. -
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The foremost concerts that were held in England began during the early 1670s. Records and documentation show that the first known public concerts specifically began in English musical composer and violinist John Bannister's house. -
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The publication of Op. 3: "L'Estro Armonico" (Harmonic Inspiration) greatly bolstered Vivaldi's reputation throughout Europe. It determined Vivaldi's regular preference for including three contrasting movements and evolved the utilization of the ritornello form. -
Rameau's "Traité de l’harmonie" (Treatise on Harmony) systematized the practices of theory and harmony that he absorbed from his contemporaries into a book. Among these practices involve the inclusion of triads, harmonic inversions, and the fundamental bass. -
Volume one of "The Well-Tempered Clavier" contains twenty-four improvisatory preludes and fugues, one of each pertaining to the twelve major and twelve minor keys. It is significant for the tuning system that Bach preferred, and made it achievable to play in every key with adequate intonation. -
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Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, also known as Joseph Bologne, was regarded as one of the most coveted and virtuosic violinists in Paris. Under his conduction for eight years, "Le Concert de Amateurs" was viewed as the premier orchestra in Paris and one of the finest in Europe.
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This song was composed by Louis' s wife, Lillian Armstrong, not too long before the recording was taken. -
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