History of Western Music (in progress)
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Updated: 6 Dec 2018
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Epitaph of SeikilosCuneiform writing
establishedEnheduanna writes
her hymns to InannaBabylonian writings
on musicHymn to Nikkal"Iliad" and "Odyssey"
HomerRomulus founds
Ancient RomePythagoreas develops
perfect intervalsRoman Republic
is created"Republic"
Plato"Politics"
Aristotle"Harmonic Elements"
AristoxenusGreece becomes
province of RomePeak of
Roman Empire"Harmonics"
Ptolemy"Harmonic Introduction"
Cleonides"On Music"
Aristides QuintilianusRule of King
David in IsraelRome conquers
JerusalemCrucifixion of
Jesus ChristSiege of
JerusalemConstantine issues
Edict of MilanChristianity becomes
official religion of RomeSplit of Roman EmpireReign of Pope
Gregory the Great"Ad organum faciendum"
AnonymousAquitanian
polyphonyGothic architecture introducedRomanesque
churches and
monasteriesSchola Cantorum
establishedKing Pippin orders
use of Roman liturgy
and chantCharlemagne crowned
as emperor of the Holy
Roman Empire"Musica enchiriadis"
Anonymous"Micrologus"
Guido di ArezzoEngland falls to
the Normans"Ordo virtutum"
Hildegard von BingenFinal split between
Roman and Byzantine
churchesMagna CartaEleanor of Aquitaine becomes queen of EnglandLeotinus at
Notre DamePerotinus at
Notre DameEarly motets
are written"Ars cantus mensurablis"
Franco of CologneMechanical clock and compass invented"Divine Comedy"
Dante"Alleluia: a newë work"
AnonymousLe Messe de Notre Dame
MachautHammurabi
the Great dies
in BabylonAncient Egypt
establishedJulius Caesar
assassinated"Christe, redemptor omnium"
Du Fay"Ave maria"
Josquin"Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
LutherOrestes
EuripidesPsalm 134
Bourgeois"If ye love me"
TallisPope Marcellus Mass
Palestrina"Il bianco e dolce cigno"
Arcadelt"Tant que vivray"
SermisyLos seys libros des Delphín
Narváez"Canzon septimi toni a 8"
Gabrieli"Vedrò 'l mio sol"
CacciniL'Euridice
PeriL'Orfeo
Monteverdi"Lagrime mie"
StrozziArmide
LullyJohann de Murs's treatise describing mensuration signsCanterbury Tales
ChaucerEuropean economy growing exoponentiallyMartin Luther posts his 95 ThesesColumbus reaches the West IndiesTurks conquer
ConstantinoplePortuguese explorers round the tip of South AfricaJews and Muslims expelled from SpainDonatello's
DavidDa Vinci's
Last SupperPortuguese explorers reach India by seaMichelangelo's
DavidCortés conquers the AztecsMadrigal arises in FlorenceCopernicus publishes his researchRomeo & Juliet
ShakespeareGutenburg's printing pressPrinting press first used for sheet music copiesPetrucci develops triple-impression method of music printingJohn Rastell develops single-impression printing in EnglandAttaingnant begins using single-impression printing for music on a large scaleMartin le Franc describes "contenance angloise"First Olympic games
held in DelphiMadrid foundedRise of Greek
city-statesGreat Pyramid of GizaHanging Gardens
of BabylonTemple of Artemis
at EphesusStatue of Zeus
at OlympiaMausoleum at
HalicarnasusColossus of RhodesPharos lighthouse
at AlexandriaCyrus the Great
crowned as king
of PersiaSocrates is executedAlexander the Great
conquers the Persian EmpireDouble suicide of
Mark Anthony and
CleopatraRoman Republic
became the Roman
EmpireColosseum built
in RomeMuslim forces
conquer SpainVikings begin to settle
across northern EuropeTower of London
constructedInquisition formedPlague of JustinianPetrarch discovers the letters of CiceroEnglish adopted as national language in EnglandHenry VIII crowned King of EnglandItalian Wars beginColumbus reaches New WorldChurch of England splits from RomeBook of Common PrayerMary I of England restores CatholicismFirst complete French psalter publishedFirst Booke of Songes or Ayres
DowlandHamlet
ShakespeareJamestown establishedMayflower reaches New EnglandBernini's
DavidShakespeare's
First Folio publishedGalileo charged with
heresy and executedLouis XIV begins his reignPrincipia mathematica
NewtonFirst meetings of Bardi's CamerataDiscourse of Ancient
and Modern Music
GalileiPeri's first opera, Dafne, is performedLe nuove musiche
CacciniFirst public opera house opens in VeniceKing James translation of the BibleFirst coffeehouse opens in EnglandBallet de la Nuit in FranceRestoration in
English MonarchyConstruction of
Versailles beginsParadise Lost
MiltonLully produces his first operasVersailles completed;
Louis XIV takes residenceHamburg opera house opensBlack Death strikes EuropeConstruction of Notre Dame beginsNotre Dame is completedDe institutione musica
BoethusLa Griselda
ScarlattiTrio Sonata in D Major, Op. 3, No. 2
CorelliConcerto for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6
VivaldiGiulio Cesare
HandelPeriods
Rise of Sumerian citiesPapal SchismHundred Years' WarCouncil of TrentThe CrusadesItalian RenaissanceNorthern European RenaissanceCommercial RevolutionThirty Years' WarEnglish Civil WarBaroque
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