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Early history
2000s
Live 8 concerts took place in 9 countries worldwide during 2005.
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2007 in music' - Deaths of
Izumi Sakai and
Don Arden;
Live Earth;
Hilary Duff, ''
Dignity''
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2006 in music', '
2006 in British music', '
2006 in Swiss music' - Deaths of
James Brown and
Syd Barrett;
Gnarls Barkley, ''
St. Elsewhere'';
Arctic Monkeys, ''
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' becomes fastest selling debute following exposure on
Myspace
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2005 in music', '
2005 in British music', '
2005 in Swiss music' -
Live 8 benefit concert;
Gorillaz, ''
Demon Days''
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2004 in music', '
2004 in British music' - Death of
Ray Charles and
Dimebag Darrell;
Kanye West, ''
The College Dropout'',
Danger Mouse, ''
The Grey Album'' causes massive backlash agains
EMI for attempting to halt commerciqal production due to copyright concerns
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2003 in music', '
2003 in British music' - Death of
Johnny Cash,
White Stripes, ''
Elephant''.
Evanescence. ''
Fallen''
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2002 in music', '
2002 in British music' - Death of
Layne Staley
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2001 in music', '
2001 in British music' -
Napster's popularity peaks;
iPod goes on sale; Deaths of
Aaliyah and
George Harrison
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2000 in music', '
2000 in British music'
'N Sync,
No Strings Attached;
Eminem,
The Marshall Mathers LP
1990s
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1999 in music', '
1999 in British music'
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1998 in music', '
1998 in British music' - Death of
Hide;
Lauryn Hill -
the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill;
Madonna -
Ray of Light;
Offspring -
Americana;
OOIOO -
Feather Float
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1997 in music', '
1997 in British music' - Death of
The Notorious B.I.G. and
Michael Hutchence
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1996 in music', '
1996 in British music' - Death of
Tupac Shakur, and
Brad Nowell
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1995 in music', '
1995 in British music' - Death of
Eazy-E
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1994 in music', '
1994 in British music' - Death of
Kurt Cobain
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1993 in music', '
1993 in British music' - Death of
Frank Zappa
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1992 in music', '
1992 in British music' - Death of
Yutaka Ozaki
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1991 in music', '
1991 in British music' - Death of
Freddie Mercury
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1990 in music', '
1990 in British music'
1980s
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1989 in music', '
1989 in British music'
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1988 in music'
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1987 in music'
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1986 in music'
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1985 in music' -
Live Aid and
Farm Aid benefit concerts
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1984 in music' - release of
Bob Marley & The Wailers collection ''
Legend'', the best-selling
reggae album of all time; ''
Akhnaten'' by
Philip Glass premieres in
Stuttgart
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1983 in music' -
New Order release
Blue Monday Metallica Release first studio album
Kill Em All
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1982 in music' - The
compact disc is introduced;
Michael Jackson release ''
Thriller'', the best-selling album of all time
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1981 in music' -
MTV first airs; Death of
Bob Marley
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1980 in music' -
Joy Division singer
Ian Curtis commits suicide.
John Lennon is murdered outside the
Dakota Building in
New York City, Led Zeppelin's legendary drummer John Bonham dies of Asphyxia from vomit on September 25th, 1980 at the age of 32.
1970s
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1979 in music' -
Sony Walkman goes on sale;
The Clash - ''
London Calling'', Pink Floyd's ''The Wall''
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1978 in music'
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1977 in music' -
The Sex Pistols release ''
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols''; Death of
Elvis Presley
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1976 in music' - Birth of
Armin Van Buuren
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1975 in music' -
Bruce Springsteen - ''
Born to Run'';
Bob Dylan - ''
Blood on the Tracks'';
Iron Maiden was formed.
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1974 in music'
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1973 in music' -
Pink Floyd - ''
The Dark Side of the Moon'' , Birth of
Ferry Corsten
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1972 in music' -
The Rolling Stones - ''
Exile on Main St.''
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1971 in music' -
Led Zeppelin - ''
Led Zeppelin IV'' (
);
Marvin Gaye - ''
What's Going On''; Death of
Jim Morrison
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1970 in music' -
The Beatles disband; Death of
Jimi Hendrix;
John Lennon - ''
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
1960s
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1969 in music' -
Woodstock music festival held in
Bethel, New York, Birth of
Tiësto
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1968 in music' -
Van Morrison - ''
Astral Weeks''
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1967 in music' -
The Beatles - ''
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'';
The Velvet Underground - ''
The Velvet Underground and Nico'';
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - ''
Are You Experienced''
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1966 in music' -
The Beach Boys - ''
Pet Sounds'';
The Beatles - ''
Revolver'';
Bob Dylan - ''
Blonde on Blonde''
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1965 in music' -
The Beatles - ''
Rubber Soul'',
Bob Dylan - ''
Highway 61 Revisited''
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1964 in music' -
Milton Babbitt, Ensembles For Synthesizer;
Bill Lear invents 8-track tape cartridge
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1963 in music' - First
cassette tapes made by
Philips , Birth of
Paul Oakenfold
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1962 in music'
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1961 in music'
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1960 in music'
1950s
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1959 in music' -
Motown Records created;
Motown's first hit (
Barrett Strong's "
Money (That's What I Want)");
Miles Davis - ''
Kind of Blue''
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1958 in music'
Cannonball Adderley,
Somethin' Else,
Bruce Dickinson is born and
Madonna is born
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1957 in music' -
John Lennon and
Paul McCartney meet in Liverpool
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1956 in music' - The first
Eurovision Song Contest is held on
24 May
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1955 in music' - ''
Rock Around The Clock'' becomes first worldwide #1
Rock and Roll record
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1954 in music' -
Elvis Presley releases ''
That's Alright Mama'' on
Sun Records; First
Fender Stratocaster produced
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1953 in music'
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1952 in music', '
1952 in music (UK)' - The official
UK singles chart is launched;
Recording Industry Association of America (or RIAA) established
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1951 in music' - ''
Rocket 88'' is recorded by
Ike Turner and hailed as the first rock 'n' roll song; ''
The Rake's Progress'' by
Igor Stravinsky premieres in Venice
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1950 in music'
1940s
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1949 in music' -
RCA Victor introduces 45 RPM
records
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1948 in music' -
Columbia Records introduces 33
1/3 RPM (
LP)
records
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1947 in music'
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1946 in music'
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1945 in music' - Birth of
Bob Marley; ''
Peter Grimes'' by
Benjamin Britten premieres in London
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1944 in music'
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1943 in music'
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1942 in music' - Births of
Jimi Hendrix,
Paul McCartney
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1941 in music' -
Les Paul builds one of the first solid-body
electric guitars; Birth of
Bob Dylan
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1940 in music' - Birth of
Frank Zappa, Birth of
John Lennon
1930s
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1939 in music'
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1938 in music' -
Benny Goodman presents a jazz concert in
Carnegie Hall; Death of
Dan W. Quinn
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1937 in music'
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1936 in music' -
Billboard Magazine publishes first U.S. music chart
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1935 in music' - Birth of
Elvis Presley;
Audiovox produce first
electric bass guitar; ''
Porgy and Bess'' by
George Gershwin premieres in New York
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1934 in music' - Deaths of
Elgar and
Holst
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1933 in music' - Birth of
Yoko Ono
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1932 in music' - Death of
Sousa; Birth of
John Williams;
Adolph Rickenbacker produces first electric guitar;
Bell Labs creates first
stereophonic sound recordings
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1931 in music'
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1930 in music' - Birth of
Ray Charles
1920s
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1929 in music'
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1928 in music' - ''
The Threepenny Opera'' by
Kurt Weill and
Bertolt Brecht (libretto) premieres in
Berlin
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1927 in music'
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1926 in music' - Birth of
Chuck Berry; ''
Turandot'' by
Giacomo Puccini premieres in
Milan
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1925 in music' - Big
record labels begin using electric
microphones for recording; 78 RPM adopted as standard for
records;
BBC makes first radio broadcast in stereo; ''
Wozzeck'' by
Alban Berg premieres in
Berlin
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1924 in music' -
Gershwin’s ''
Rhapsody in Blue'' premieres in New York
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1923 in music' - First recordings by
Louis Armstrong,
Bessie Smith, and many other African-American artists
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1922 in music' - The first commercial
radio station in the United States begins broadcasting
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1921 in music'
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1920 in music'
1910s
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1919 in music'
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1918 in music' -
Phonograph cylinders become obsolete, - Death of
Claude Debussy
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1917 in music' - First hit
jazz recordings by
Original Dixieland Jass Band
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1916 in music'
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1915 in music' -
Tom Brown starts billing his group as a "
Jass Band"; Birth of
Frank Sinatra
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1914 in music' -
St. Louis Blues published; first
calypso music recordings
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1913 in music' -
Igor Stravinsky's ''
The Rite of Spring'' is premiered in Paris.
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1912 in music' - Birth of
Woody Guthrie
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1911 in music' - ''
Der Rosenkavalier'' by
Richard Strauss premieres in
Dresden
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1910 in music'
1900s
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1909 in music' - ''
Elektra'' by
Richard Strauss premieres in
Dresden
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1908 in music'
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1907 in music'
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1906 in music' - Victor begins selling the
Victrola phonograph player for $15.00
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1905 in music' - ''
The Merry Widow'' by
Franz Lehár premieres in
Vienna; ''
Salome'' by
Richard Strauss premieres in
Dresden
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1904 in music' - ''
Madama Butterfly'' by
Giacomo Puccini premieres in
Milan
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1903 in music'
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1902 in music' - ''
Pelléas et Mélisande'' by
Claude Debussy premieres in
Paris
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1901 in music'
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1900 in music' - ''
Tosca'' by
Giacomo Puccini premieres in
Rome
1890s
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1899 in music'
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1898 in music'
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1897 in music' -
Ragtime music becomes popular in the United States; Death of
Brahms
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1896 in music'
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1895 in music' -
George W. Johnson becomes first Afro-American recording artist with
The Laughing Song
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1894 in music'
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1893 in music'
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1892 in music' -
Dan W. Quinn makes first recordings in New York City
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1891 in music'
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1890 in music' -
John Philip Sousa makes first recordings with
Columbia Phonograph Company
1880s
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1889 in music' -
Effie Stewart records first serious classical music at Edison's
Menlo Park; First
Phonograph Parlor opens in San Francisco
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1888 in music' - Wax
phonograph cylinders commercially marketed;
Emile Berliner invents lateral-cut
disc records
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1887 in music'
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1886 in music' -
Franz Liszt dies
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1885 in music'
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1884 in music'
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1883 in music'
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1882 in music' - ''
Parsifal'' by
Richard Wagner premieres in
Bayreuth
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1881 in music'
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1880 in music'
1870s
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1879 in music'
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1878 in music'
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1877 in music' -
Phonograph and
phonograph cylinder invented by
Thomas Alva Edison
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1876 in music' - ''
Siegfried'' and ''
Götterdämmerung'' by
Richard Wagner premiere in
Bayreuth
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1875 in music' - ''
Carmen'' by
Georges Bizet premieres in
Paris
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1874 in music' - ''
Boris Gudonov'' by
Modest Mussorgsky premieres in
Saint Petersburg; ''
Die Fledermaus'' by
Johann Strauss II premieres in
Vienna
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1873 in music'
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1872 in music'
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1871 in music' - ''
Aida'' by
Giuseppe Verdi premieres in
Cairo
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1870 in music' - ''
Die Walküre'' (the Valkyrie) by
Richard Wagner premieres in
Munich
1860s
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1869 in music' - ''
Das Rheingold'' by
Richard Wagner premieres in
Munich
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1868 in music' - ''
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' by
Richard Wagner premières in
Munich; ''
Ein deutsches Requiem'' by
Johannes Brahms premières in Bremen; ''
Wiegenlied'' by Brahms (''Brahms' Lullaby'')
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1867 in music'
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1866 in music'
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1865 in music' - ''
Tristan und Isolde'' by
Richard Wagner premieres in
Munich, marking the beginning of the end for traditional
tonality
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1864 in music'
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1863 in music'
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1862 in music' - Birth of
Claude Debussy
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1861 in music'
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1860 in music'
1850s
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1859 in music' - ''
Faust'' by
Charles Gounod premieres in
Paris
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1858 in music' - ''
Orphée aux enfers'' by
Jacques Offenbach, the first
operetta, premieres in
Paris;
Hector Berlioz writes ''
Les Troyens''
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1857 in music'
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1856 in music'
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1855 in music'
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1854 in music'
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1853 in music' - ''
Il trovatore'' by
Giuseppe Verdi premieres in
Rome; ''
La traviata'' by Verdi premieres in
Venice
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1852 in music'
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1851 in music' - ''
Rigoletto'' by
Giuseppe Verdi premieres in
Venice
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1850 in music' - ''
Lohengrin'' by
Richard Wagner premieres in
Weimar; ''Foster's Plantation Melodies'' by
Stephen Foster, including "
Camptown Races"
1840s
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1849 in music'
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1848 in music'
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1847 in music' - "
Oh! Susanna" by
Stephen Foster published
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1846 in music' -
Adolphe Sax invents the
saxophone
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1845 in music' - ''
Tannhäuser'' by
Richard Wagner premières in
Dresden
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1844 in music'
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1843 in music' -
Minstrel show premieres in United States; ''
The Flying Dutchman'' by
Richard Wagner premieres in
Dresden
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1842 in music' - "
Lisztomania" sweeps Europe
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1841 in music'
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1840 in music'
1830s
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1839 in music'
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1838 in music'
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1837 in music'
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1836 in music' - ''
Les Huguenots'' by
Giacomo Meyerbeer premieres in
Paris
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1835 in music' - ''
Lucia di Lammermoor'' by
Gaetano Donizetti premieres in
Naples
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1834 in music' - ''Die
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik'' first published by
Robert Schumann
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1833 in music' -
Johannes Brahms born
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1832 in music'
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1831 in music'
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1830 in music'
1820s
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1829 in music'
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1828 in music' -
Franz Schubert dies
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1827 in music' -
Ludwig van Beethoven dies; ''
Winterreise'' by
Franz Schubert
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1826 in music'
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1825 in music' - ''Songs from Sir Walter Scott'' by
Franz Schubert, including "
Ellens dritter Gesang" (Schubert's ''Ave Maria'')
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1824 in music' -
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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1823 in music' - ''
Die schöne Müllerin'' by
Franz Schubert
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1822 in music'
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1821 in music' - ''
Der Freischütz'' by
Carl Maria von Weber, premieres in
Berlin
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1820 in music'
1810s
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1819 in music'
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1818 in music'
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1817 in music'
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1816 in music' - ''
Il barbiere di Siviglia'' (The Barber of Seville) by
Gioacchino Rossini, premieres in
Rome
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1815 in music'
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1814 in music'
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1813 in music'
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1812 in music'
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1811 in music' -
Franz Liszt born
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1810 in music'
1800s
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1809 in music' -
Joseph Haydn dies
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1808 in music' -
Beethoven's 5th Symphony
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1807 in music' - ''
La Vestale'' by
Gaspare Spontini
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1806 in music' -
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1805 in music' - ''
Fidelio'' by
Ludwig van Beethoven
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1804 in music' -
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1803 in music' -
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1802 in music' -
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1801 in music' -
Beethoven's ''Moonlight Sonata''
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1800 in music' -
1790s
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1799 in music' -
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1798 in music' -
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1797 in music' -
Franz Schubert born
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1796 in music' -
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1795 in music' -
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1794 in music' -
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1793 in music' -
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1792 in music' -
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1791 in music' -
Mozart's ''
Die Zauberflöte'' (The Magic Flute); death of Mozart
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1790 in music' -
1780s
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1789 in music' -
Mozart's ''
Così fan tutte''
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1788 in music' -
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1787 in music' -
Mozart's ''
Don Giovanni''
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1786 in music' -
Mozart's ''
Le nozze di Figaro'' (The marriage of Figaro)
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1785 in music' -
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1784 in music' -
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1783 in music' -
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1782 in music' -
Mozart's ''
Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
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1781 in music' -
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1780 in music' -
1770s
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1779 in music' -
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1778 in music' -
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1777 in music' - ''
Il mondo della luna'' by
Joseph Haydn, premieres in
Esterháza,
Hungary
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1776 in music' -
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1775 in music' -
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1774 in music' -
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1773 in music' -
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1772 in music' -
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1771 in music' -
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1770 in music' -
Ludwig van Beethoven born
1760s
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1769 in music' -
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1768 in music' -
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1767 in music' -
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1766 in music' -
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1765 in music' -
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1764 in music' -
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1763 in music' -
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1762 in music' - ''
Orfeo ed Euridice'' by
Christophe Willibald Gluck, premieres in
Vienna
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1761 in music' -
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1760 in music' - ''
La buona figliuola'' by
Niccolo Piccini, premieres in
Rome
1750s
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1759 in music' -
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1758 in music' -
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1757 in music' -
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1756 in music' -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born
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1755 in music' -
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1754 in music' -
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1753 in music' -
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1752 in music' -
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1751 in music' -
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1750 in music' -
Johann Sebastian Bach dies
1740s
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1749 in music' -
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1748 in music' -
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1747 in music' -
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1746 in music' -
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1745 in music' -
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1744 in music' -
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1743 in music' -
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1742 in music' - première of ''
Messiah'' by
George Frederick Handel, in
Dublin
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1741 in music' -
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1740 in music' -
1730s
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1739 in music' -
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1738 in music' -
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1737 in music' -
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1736 in music' -
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1735 in music' -
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1734 in music' -
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1733 in music' - ''
La serva padrona'' by
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, the first
opera buffa, premieres in
Naples; ''
Hippolyte et Aricie'' by
Jean-Philippe Rameau, premieres in
Paris
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1732 in music' -
Joseph Haydn born
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1731 in music' -
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1730 in music' -
1720s
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1729 in music' -
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1728 in music' - ''
The Beggar's Opera'' by
John Gay and
Johann Christoph Pepusch, premieres in
London
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1727 in music' - ''Zadok the Priest'' (the coronation anthem) by
George Frideric Handel
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1726 in music' -
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1725 in music' - publication of ''Twelve concerti, Op. 8'' by
Antonio Vivaldi, including ''
the Four Seasons''
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1724 in music' - ''
Giulio Cesare'' by
George Frideric Handel premières in
London
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1723 in music' -
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1722 in music' - ''Traité de l'harmonie'' by
Jean-Philippe Rameau causes a revolution in music theory.
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1721 in music' -
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1720 in music' -
1710s
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1719 in music' -
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1718 in music' -
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1717 in music' -
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1716 in music' -
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1715 in music' -
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1714 in music' -
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1713 in music' -
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1712 in music' -
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1711 in music' - ''
Rinaldo'' by
Handel, premieres in
London, the first all-Italian opera performed in London
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1710 in music' - ''
Agrippina'' by
Handel, premieres in
Venice
1700s
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1709 in music' -
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1708 in music' -
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1707 in music' -
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1706 in music' -
Johann Pachelbel dies
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1705 in music' -
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1704 in music' -
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1703 in music' -
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1702 in music' -
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1701 in music' -
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1700 in music' -
1690s
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1699 in music' -
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1698 in music' -
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1697 in music' -
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1696 in music' -
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1695 in music' -
Henry Purcell dies
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1694 in music' -
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1693 in music' -
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1692 in music' -
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1691 in music' -
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1690 in music' -
1680s
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1689 in music' - ''
Dido and Aeneas'', opera, by
Henry Purcell and
Nahum Tate (libretto) performed
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1688 in music' -
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1687 in music' -
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1686 in music' -
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1685 in music' -
Johann Sebastian Bach,
George Frederick Handel born
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1684 in music' -
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1683 in music' -
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1682 in music' -
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1681 in music' -
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1680 in music' -
1670s
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1679 in music' -
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1678 in music' -
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1677 in music' -
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1676 in music' -
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1675 in music' -
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1674 in music' -
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1673 in music' -
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1672 in music' -
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1671 in music' -
★ '
1670 in music' -
1660s
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1669 in music' -
★ '
1668 in music' -
★ '
1667 in music' -
★ '
1666 in music' -
★ '
1665 in music' -
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1664 in music' -
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1663 in music' -
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1662 in music' -
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1661 in music' -
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1660 in music' -
1650s
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1659 in music' -
Henry Purcell born
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1658 in music' -
★ '
1657 in music' -
★ '
1656 in music' -
★ '
1655 in music' -
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1654 in music' -
★ '
1653 in music' -
Arcangelo Corelli,
Johann Pachelbel born
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1652 in music' -
★ '
1651 in music' - ''
La Calisto'' by
Francesco Cavalli
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1650 in music' -
1640s
★ '
1649 in music' - ''
Giasone'' by
Francesco Cavalli, premieres in
Venice, the first opera to separate
aria and
recitative
★ '
1648 in music' -
★ '
1647 in music' -
★ '
1646 in music' -
★ '
1645 in music' -
★ '
1644 in music' - ''
Ormindo'' by
Francesco Cavalli, premieres in
Venice
★ '
1643 in music' - death of
Claudio Monteverdi
★ '
1642 in music' - ''
L'incoronazione di Poppea'' by
Claudio Monteverdi, premiered in
Venice
★ '
1641 in music' -
★ '
1640 in music' - ''
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria'' by
Claudio Monteverdi, premieres in
Venice
1630s
★ '
1639 in music' -
★ '
1638 in music' -
★ '
1637 in music' -
★ '
1636 in music' -
★ '
1635 in music' -
★ '
1634 in music' -
★ '
1633 in music' -
★ '
1632 in music' -
★ '
1631 in music' -
★ '
1630 in music' -
1620s
★ '
1629 in music' -
★ '
1628 in music' -
★ '
1627 in music' -
★ '
1626 in music' -
★ '
1625 in music' -
★ '
1624 in music' -
★ '
1623 in music' -
★ '
1622 in music' -
★ '
1621 in music' -
★ '
1620 in music' -
1610s
★ '
1619 in music' -
★ '
1618 in music' -
★ '
1617 in music' -
★ '
1616 in music' -
★ '
1615 in music' -
★ '
1614 in music' -
★ '
1613 in music' -
★ '
1612 in music' -
★ '
1611 in music' -
★ '
1610 in music' -
1600s
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1609 in music' -
★ '
1608 in music' - ''
Arianna'' by
Claudio Monteverdi
★ '
1607 in music' - ''
La Favola D'Orfeo'' by
Claudio Monteverdi
★ '
1606 in music' -
★ '
1605 in music' -
★ '
1604 in music' -
★ '
1603 in music' -
★ '
1602 in music' -
★ '
1601 in music' -
★ '
1600 in music' - the first
oratorio: ''
Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo'' by
Emilio de' Cavalieri
1590s
★ '
1599 in music' -
★ '
1598 in music' -
★ '
1597 in music' -
John Dowland's ''First Book of Lute Songs''; ''
Dafne'', the first known opera
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1596 in music' -
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1595 in music' -
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1594 in music' -
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1593 in music' -
★ '
1592 in music' -
★ '
1591 in music' -
★ '
1590 in music' -
1580s
★ '
1589 in music' -
★ '
1588 in music' -
★ '
1587 in music' -
★ '
1586 in music' -
★ '
1585 in music' -
★ '
1584 in music' -
★ '
1583 in music' -
★ '
1582 in music' -
★ '
1581 in music' -
★ '
1580 in music' -
1570s
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1579 in music' -
★ '
1578 in music' -
★ '
1577 in music' -
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1576 in music' -
★ '
1575 in music' -
★ '
1574 in music' -
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1573 in music' -
★ '
1572 in music' -
★ '
1571 in music' -
★ '
1570 in music' -
1560s
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1569 in music' -
★ '
1568 in music' -
★ '
1567 in music' - birth of
Monteverdi
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1566 in music' -
★ '
1565 in music' -
★ '
1564 in music' -
★ '
1563 in music' -
★ '
1562 in music' -
★ '
1561 in music' -
★ '
1560 in music' -
1550s
★ '
1559 in music' -
★ '
1558 in music' -
★ '
1557 in music' -
★ '
1556 in music' -
★ '
1555 in music' -
★ '
1554 in music' -
★ '
1553 in music' -
★ '
1552 in music' -
★ '
1551 in music' -
★ '
1550 in music' -
1540s
★ '
1549 in music' -
★ '
1548 in music' -
★ '
1547 in music' -
★ '
1546 in music' -
★ '
1545 in music' -
★ '
1544 in music' -
★ '
1543 in music' -
★ '
1542 in music' -
★ '
1541 in music' -
★ '
1540 in music' -
1530s
★ '
1539 in music' -
★ '
1538 in music' - printing of the first
protestant hymn-book, ''Ein Hubsch new Gesangbuch''; publication of the first book of
madrigals by
Maddalena Casulana, the first printed book of music by a woman in European history.
★ '
1537 in music' -
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1536 in music' -
★ '
1535 in music' -
★ '
1534 in music' -
★ '
1533 in music' -
★ '
1532 in music' -
★ '
1531 in music' -
★ '
1530 in music' -
1520s
★ '
1529 in music' -
★ '
1525 in music' - birth of
Palestrina
★ '
1521 in music' - death of
Josquin
★ '
1520 in music' -
1510s
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1517 in music' -
★ '
1516 in music' -
★ '
1511 in music' -
★ '
1510 in music' -
1500s
★ '
1507 in music' -
★ '
1502 in music' -
★ '
1501 in music' - publication of ''
Harmonice Musices Odhecaton'' by
Ottaviano Petrucci, the first printed collection of polyphonic music
★ '
1500 in music' -
Early history
★ '
1499 in music'
★ '
20th century BC in music'
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