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Period: 476 to 1397
Medieval Period
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1026
Guido of Arezzo’s Micrologus
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Period: 1098 to Sep 17, 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1320
Ars Nova Treatise
Innovation: rhythmic notation -
Period: 1400 to
Renaissance Period
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1529
Martin Luther’s Chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
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1539
Arcadelt’s Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1567
Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass
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Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium
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Period: to
Baroque Period
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Monteverdi's L’Orfeo
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First Public Concerts in England
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Period: to
JS Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico
Significance: revolutionized writing for strings and inspired J.S. Bach -
Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1
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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
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Handel's Messiah
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Period: to
Viennese Classical Period
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Period: to
WA Mozart
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"