Owen Bedzyk Midterm Timeline Project

  • Period: 476 to 1397

    Medieval Period

  • 1026

    Guido of Arezzo’s Micrologus

  • Period: 1098 to Sep 17, 1179

    Hildegard of Bingen

  • 1320

    Ars Nova Treatise

    Innovation: rhythmic notation
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance Period

  • 1529

    Martin Luther’s Chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

  • 1539

    Arcadelt’s Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno

  • 1567

    Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass

    Legend/Significance: Demonstrates that polyphonic music can preserve textural clarity.
  • Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium

  • Period: to

    Baroque Period

  • Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

  • First Public Concerts in England

  • Period: to

    JS Bach

  • Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico

    Significance: revolutionized writing for strings and inspired J.S. Bach
  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1

    Significance: demonstrated equal temperament in all major and minor keys
  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Significance: organized harmonic principles based on natural acoustics
  • Period: to

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

    Significance: Saint-George was a conductor of great European orchestras, which broke racial barriers
  • Period: to

    Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Handel's Messiah

  • Period: to

    Viennese Classical Period

  • Period: to

    WA Mozart

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"