Timeline of musical events 169152 225980210 2008-07-16T08:53:57Z Looskuh 1404647 {{WikiPortal Music}} <!-- Please DO NOT ADD anything to this list until AFTER it has been added to the relevant year in music itself. SGBailey --> {{globalize}} {{Articleissues}} __NOTOC__ This page indexes the individual '''year in music''' pages. 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J-pop recording artist [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] becomes the first artist to ever top the United World Chart with two albums landing at #1 and #2 at the same time with her compilation albums [[A Best 2 -White-]] and [[A Best 2 -Black-]]. * '''[[2006 in music]]''', '''[[2006 in British music]]''', '''[[2006 in Swiss music]]''' - Deaths of [[James Brown]] and [[Syd Barrett]]. * '''[[2005 in music]]''', '''[[2005 in British music]]''', '''[[2005 in Swiss music]]''' - Death of [[Luther Vandross]], [[Live 8]] benefit concert; Arrival of [[Chris Brown (singer)|Chris Brown]], and [[Rihanna]]. * '''[[2004 in music]]''', '''[[2004 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Ray Charles]] and [[Dimebag Darrell]]; [[DJ Danger Mouse]], [[The Grey Album]]-sparks day of electronic disobedience by internet filesharers against EMI. * '''[[2003 in music]]''', '''[[2003 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Johnny Cash]]; [[The White Stripes]], ''[[Elephant (album)|Elephant]]'' * '''[[2002 in music]]''', '''[[2002 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Dave Van Ronk]], [[Layne Staley]], [[Lisa Left-Eye Lopes]] and [[Joe Strummer]]; [[The Eminem Show]] * '''[[2001 in music]]''', '''[[2001 in British music]]''' - [[Napster]]'s popularity peaks; Deaths of [[Aaliyah]], [[George Harrison]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]]; [[The Strokes]], ''[[Is This It]]'' * '''[[2000 in music]]''', '''[[2000 in British music]]''' - [[Eminem]], ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]',' [[Nsync]] [[No Strings Attached]], [[Living Colour]] reunites List of 10 most sold albums of the 2000s: #[[The Beatles]] ''[[1 (The Beatles album)|1]]'''' - 31 million - [[2000]] #[[Eminem]] ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]'' - 22.8 million - [[2000]] #[[Norah Jones]] ''[[Come Away With Me]]'' - 22.5 million - [[2002]] #[[Eminem]] ''[[The Eminem Show]]'' - 20.5 million - [[2002]] #[[Britney Spears]] ''[[Oops I Did It Again]]'' - 20 million - [[2000]] #[[Linkin Park]] ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' - 16.5 million - [[2000]] #[['N Sync]] ''[[No Strings Attached]]'' - 16 million - [[2000]] #[[Avril Lavigne]] ''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'' - 15.7 million - [[2002]] #[[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]'' ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]'' - 15.5 million - [[2004]] #[[Evanescence]]'' ''[[Fallen (album)|Fallen]]'' - 15 million - [[2003]] #[[Green Day]] ''[[American Idiot]]'' - 14.6 million - [[2004]] == 1990s == * '''[[1999 in music]]''', '''[[1999 in British music]]''' - Arrival of [[Britney Spears]], [[Christina Aguilera]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]]; Death of [[Rick Danko]]; [[Blur (band)]] - [[13 (Blur album)]] * '''[[1998 in music]]''', '''[[1998 in British music]]''' - Arrival of [[Eminem]]; Death of [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Hide (musician)|Hide]]; [[Lauryn Hill]] - [[the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]; [[Offspring]] - [[Americana (album)|Americana]] * '''[[1997 in music]]''', '''[[1997 in British music]]''' - Death of [[John Denver]], [[Jeff Buckley]], [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Michael Hutchence]] ,and [[Velvet]], [[Radiohead]]'s ''[[OK Computer]]'' * '''[[1996 in music]]''', '''[[1996 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Ella Fitzgerald]], Arrival of [[The Spice Girls]] death of [[Tupac Shakur]], and [[Brad Nowell]], [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'', [[Beck]]'s ''[[Odelay]]'' * '''[[1995 in music]]''', '''[[1995 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Jerry Garcia]], [[Phyllis Hyman]], [[Selena]], [[Burl Ives]], [[Eazy-E]], [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'', [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]'s ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]'', [[Living Colour]] disbands, [[The Battle of Britpop]] * '''[[1994 in music]]''', '''[[1994 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Kurt Cobain]], arrival of [[Weezer]], [[Blur (band)]]'s [[Parklife]] * '''[[1993 in music]]''', '''[[1993 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Marian Anderson]], [[Frank Zappa]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]] * '''[[1992 in music]]''', '''[[1992 in British music]]''' - Death of [[John Cage]], [[Yutaka Ozaki]], [[Dr. Dre]], ''[[The Chronic]]' * '''[[1991 in music]]''', '''[[1991 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Miles Davis]], Death of [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Metallica]]'s ''[[Metallica (album)|Black Album]]'', [[Pearl Jam]]'s [[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]'', [[Nirvana (band)| Nirvana]]'s ''[[Nevermind]]'', [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]'s ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'', [[Guns N' Roses]]'s ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' and ''[[Use Your Illusion II|II]]'' * '''[[1990 in music]]''', '''[[1990 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Sarah Vaughan]], [[Leonard Bernstein]], Arrival of [[Mariah Carey]]; [[Milli Vanilli]] exposed as a music fraud. List of 15 most sold albums of the 90s: #[[Whitney Houston]] / [[Various artists]] ''[[The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album|The Bodyguard]]'''' - 42 million - [[1992]] #[[Shania Twain]] ''[[Come on Over (Shania Twain album)|Come on Over]]'' - 36 million - [[1997]] #[[Celine Dion]] ''[[Falling into You]]'' - 32 million - [[1996]] #[[Mariah Carey]] ''[[Music Box (album)|Music Box)]]'' - 32 million - [[1993]] #[[Celine Dion]] ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]'' - 31 million - [[1997]] #[[Alanis Morissette]] ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' - 30 million - [[1995]] #[[Backstreet Boys]] ''[[Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)|Millennium]]'' - 30 million - [[1999]] #[[Celine Dion]] / [[James Horner]] / [[Various artists]] ''[[Titanic (soundtrack)|Titanic]]'' - 30 million - [[1997]] #[[Backstreet Boys]]'' ''[[Backstreet Boys (US)|Backstreet Boys]]'' - 28 million - [[1997]] #[[Michael Jackson]]'' ''[[Dangerous (album)|Dangerous]]'' - 27 million - [[1991]] #[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] ''[[Nevermind]]'' - 26 million - [[1991]] #[[Britney Spears]] ''[[…Baby One More Time]]'' - 25 million - [[1999]] #[[Carlos Santana|Santana]] ''[[Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural]]'' - 25 million - [[1999]] #[[Spice Girls]]'' ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'' - 23 million - [[1996]] #[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'' ''[[The Immaculate Collection]]'' - 22 million - [[1990]] == 1980s == * '''[[1989 in music]]''', '''[[1989 in British music]]''' - [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] releases the hit [[Like a Prayer]] album. * '''[[1988 in music]]''' - [[Living Colour]] releases first studio album ''[[Vivid (album)|Vivid]]''; Formation of the [[Traveling Wilburys]], Death of [[Roy Orbison]] * '''[[1987 in music]]''' - [[Michael Jackson]] releases the album [[Bad (album)]], which is the first and only album to have 5 consecutive #1 hits on the [[Billboard Top 100]]. * '''[[1986 in music]]''' - [[Metallica]] releases third album ''[[Master of Puppets]]''; Death of [[Benny Goodman]], [[Richard Manuel]], [[Cliff Burton]] * '''[[1985 in music]]''' - Death of [[Rick Nelson]], [[Live Aid]] and [[Farm Aid]] benefit concerts * '''[[1984 in music]]''' - Death of [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Jackie Wilson]], release of [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] collection ''[[Legend (album)|Legend]]'', the best-selling [[reggae]] album of all time; ''[[Akhnaten (opera)|Akhnaten]]'' by [[Philip Glass]] premieres in [[Stuttgart], Prince releases the album and film [[ Purple Rain]] * '''[[1983 in music]]''' - Death of [[Muddy Waters]], [[New Order]] release "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]"; [[Metallica]] release first studio album ''[[Kill Em All]]'', The Police's Synchronicity tour starts * '''[[1982 in music]]''' - Death of [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], [[Glenn Gould]], The [[compact disc]] is introduced; [[Michael Jackson]] release ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]'', the best-selling album of all time * '''[[1981 in music]]''' - [[MTV]] first airs; Death of [[Bob Marley]] * '''[[1980 in music]]''' - [[Joy Division]] singer [[Ian Curtis]] commits suicide,[[Bon Scott]] dies, [[John Lennon]] is murdered outside the [[Dakota Building]] in [[New York City]], accidental death of [[Led Zeppelin]] drummer [[John Bonham]], Death of [[Tim Hardin]] == 1970s == * '''[[1979 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Norah Jones]], Death of [[Richard Rodgers]], [[Charles Mingus]]; [[Sony]] [[Walkman]] goes on sale; [[The Clash]] - ''[[London Calling]]'', Pink Floyd's ''The Wall'' Death of [[Sid Vicious]] Official birth of [[Rap music]] with rap group [[Sugarhill Gang]]'s release of [[Rapper's Delight]]. Rap music would later go on to be a multi-billion dollar, multinational industry. * '''[[1978 in music]]''' - [[The Who]] release ''[[Who Are You]]'', Death of [[Keith Moon]], Arrival of [[Prince]] * '''[[1977 in music]]''' - [[The Sex Pistols]] release ''[[Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols]]''; Death of [[Elvis Presley]]; [[Fleetwood Mac]] releases ''[[Rumours]] * '''[[1976 in music]]''' - Death of [[Paul Robeson]], [[Phil Ochs]] * '''[[1975 in music]]''' - Death of [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Dmitri Shostakovich]], Soviet composer and pianist, [[Tim Buckley]]; [[Bob Dylan]] begins [[Rolling Thunder Revue]]; [[Bruce Springsteen]] - ''[[Born to Run]]''; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[Blood on the Tracks]]''; [[Iron Maiden]] was formed; [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Physical Grafitti]]''; [[Patti Smith]] – ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]''. * '''[[1974 in music]]''' Death of [[Duke Ellington]], [[Nick Drake]] * '''[[1973 in music]]''' - [[Pink Floyd]] - ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' , Birth of [[Ferry Corsten]] * '''[[1972 in music]]''' - [[The Rolling Stones]] - ''[[Exile on Main St.]]'' * '''[[1971 in music]]''' - Death of [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian composer, Death of [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'' ([[Image:Zoso.svg|75px]]); [[Marvin Gaye]] - ''[[What's Going On]]''; Death of [[Jim Morrison]] * '''[[1970 in music]]''' - [[The Beatles]] disband; Death of [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Janis Joplin]]; [[John Lennon]] - ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]] == 1960s == * '''[[1969 in music]]''' - Death of [[Brian Jones]], [[The Beatles]] - ''[[Let It Be]], [[Woodstock festival|Woodstock]] music festival held in [[Bethel, New York]], Birth of [[Tiësto]]. [[Gavin Bryars]], [[The Sinking of the Titanic]]; [[Bob Dylan]] ''[[Nashville Skyline]]'' * '''[[1968 in music]]''' - [[Van Morrison]] - ''[[Astral Weeks]],'' [[Rolling Stones]] - ''[[Beggars Banquet]],'' [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] - ''[[Electric Ladyland]],'' [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]],'' [[The Beatles]] - ''[[The Beatles (The White Album)]],'' [[Johnny Cash]] - ''[[At Folsom Prison]],'' [[The Band]] - ''[[Music from Big Pink]]'' * '''[[1967 in music]]''' - Death of [[Woody Guthrie]], [[John Coltrane]], [[Otis Redding]], [[The Beatles]] - ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''; [[The Velvet Underground]] - ''[[The Velvet Underground and Nico]]''; [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] - ''[[Are You Experienced (album)|Are You Experienced]]'' & ''[[Axis: Bold as Love]]'', [[Monterey Pop Festival]]; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[John Wesley Harding]]'' * '''[[1966 in music]]''' - [[The Beach Boys]] - ''[[Pet Sounds]]''; [[The Beatles]] - ''[[Revolver (album)|Revolver]]''; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' * '''[[1965 in music]]''' - [[The Beatles]] - ''[[Rubber Soul]],'' [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]'' and ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]],'' - ''[[Like A Rolling Stone]]''; [[The Rolling Stones]] - ''[[Out of Our Heads]],'' ''[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]],'' [[Herman's Hermits]], ''[[Introducing Herman's Hermits]];'' Death of [[Edgard Varèse]] * '''[[1964 in music]]''' - Death of [[Sam Cooke]], [[Milton Babbitt]], Ensembles For Synthesizer; [[Bill Lear]] invents 8-track tape cartridge; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[The Times They Are A Changin']],'' British Invasion begins * '''[[1963 in music]]''' - First [[Compact Cassette|cassette tapes]] made by [[Philips]] , Birth of [[Paul Oakenfold]], Death of [[Edith Piaf]], [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]'' * '''[[1962 in music]]''' - [[Love Me Do]] released as a single by the Beatles * '''[[1961 in music]]''' - Death of [[Cisco Houston]], [[Moss Hart]] * '''[[1960 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Bono]], Death of [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] == 1950s == * '''[[1959 in music]]''' - Death of [[Billie Holiday]], [[Ritchie Valens]], [[Buddy Holly]] and [[Big Bopper]], [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]], Brazilian composer and guitarist, [[Motown Records]] created; [[Motown]]'s first hit ([[Barrett Strong]]'s "[[Money (That's What I Want)]]"); [[Miles Davis]] - ''[[Kind of Blue]]'', . * '''[[1958 in music]]''' [[Cannonball Adderley]], [[Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley album)|Somethin' Else]], [[Bruce Dickinson]], [[Prince]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Michael Jackson]] are born. * '''[[1957 in music]]''' - [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] meet in Liverpool * '''[[1956 in music]]''' - The first [[Eurovision Song Contest]] is held on [[24 May]], [[Elvis Presley]] appears on the [[Ed Sullivan Show]] * '''[[1955 in music]]''' - Death of [[Charlie Parker]], ''[[Rock Around The Clock]]'' becomes first worldwide #1 [[Rock and Roll]] record; Birth of [[Yo-Yo Ma]], [[Harry James]] signs with Capital releasing [[Harry James in Hi-Fi]] * '''[[1954 in music]]''' - [[Elvis Presley]] releases ''[[That's Alright Mama]]'' on [[Sun Records]]; First [[Fender Stratocaster]] produced * '''[[1953 in music]]''' - Death of [[Hank Williams]], Death of [[Sergei Prokofiev|Sergey Prokofiev]], Soviet composer and pianist * '''[[1952 in music]]''', '''[[1952 in music (UK)]]''' - The official [[United Kingdom|UK]] singles chart is launched; [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (or RIAA) established * '''[[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 * '''[[1950 in music]]''' - Death of [[Kurt Weill]], [[Al Jolson]] == 1940s == * '''[[1949 in music]]''' - Death of [[Lead Belly]], [[Richard Strauss]], German composer and last great champion of European Romantic classical music, Birth of [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Mark Knopfler]], [[RCA|RCA Victor]] introduces 45 RPM [[gramophone records|records]] * '''[[1948 in music]]''' - [[Columbia Records]] introduces 33<small>1/3</small> RPM ([[vinyl record|LP]]) [[gramophone records|records]]. Birth of [[James Taylor]], [[Jackson Browne]], [[Robert Plant]], [[John Bonham]] (both of Led Zeppelin). * '''[[1947 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Elton John]], [[Bob Weir]], [[Carlos Santana]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Tracy Nelson (singer)|Tracy Nelson]], [[Paul Brady]] * '''[[1946 in music]]''' - Birth of [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] (Led Zeppelin bassist), [[Donovan]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Cher]], [[Debbie Harry]], [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Patti Smith]]. * '''[[1945 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Bob Marley]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Neil Young]], [[Carly Simon]], [[John Fogerty]]; Death of [[Jerome Kern]]; ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' by [[Benjamin Britten]] premieres in London * '''[[1944 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Diana Ross]], [[Jimmy Page]] (Led Zeppelin guitarist), [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Gladys Knight]], [[Marvin Hamlisch]]; Disappearance of [[Glenn Miller]] * '''[[1943 in music]]''' - Birth of [[George Harrison]], [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Jim Morrison]], [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Robbie Robertson]], [[John Denver]], [[Richard Manuel]]; Death of [[Lorenz Hart]], [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], Russian composer, ultra virtuoso pianist and conductor, Formation of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] * '''[[1942 in music]]''' - Births of [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Brian Wilson]], [[Brian Jones]], [[Jerry Garcia]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Carole King]], [[Rick Danko]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Paul Butterfield]], [[Jerry Jeff Walker]], [[John P. Hammond]]; Death of [[George M. Cohan]] * '''[[1941 in music]]''' - [[Les Paul]] builds one of the first solid-body [[electric guitar]]s; Birth of [[Bob Dylan]], [[Joan Baez]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Art Garfunkel]], [[Aaron Neville]], [[Charlie Watts]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Richie Havens]], [[Wilson Pickett]] * '''[[1940 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Frank Zappa]], [[John Lennon]], [[Ringo Starr]], [[Phil Ochs]], [[Levon Helm]], [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Rick Nelson]], [[Tim Hardin]], [[Dionne Warwick]] == 1930s == * '''[[1939 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Judy Collins]], [[Marvin Gaye]] * '''[[1938 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Peter Yarrow]], [[Gordon Lightfoot]], Death of [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], [[Benny Goodman]] presents a jazz concert in [[Carnegie Hall]]; Death of [[Dan W. Quinn]] * '''[[1937 in music]]''' - Death of [[George Gershwin]], Birth of [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Garth Hudson]], [[Tom Paxton]], [[Phillip Glass]] * '''[[1936 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Buddy Holly]], [[Roy Orbison]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Bill Wyman]], [[Dave Van Ronk]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Billboard Magazine]] publishes first U.S. music chart * '''[[1935 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]], [[La Monte Young]], [[Terry Riley]]; [[Audiovox]] produce first [[Bass guitar|electric bass guitar]]; ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' by [[George Gershwin]] premieres in New York * '''[[1934 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Jackie Wilson]], Deaths of [[Edward Elgar|Elgar]] and [[Gustav Holst|Holst]] * '''[[1933 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Willie Nelson]] * '''[[1932 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Johnny Cash]], Death of [[John Philip Sousa|Sousa]]; Birth of [[John Williams]]; [[Adolph Rickenbacker]] produces first electric guitar; [[Bell Labs]] creates first [[stereophonic sound]] recordings * '''[[1931 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Sam Cooke]] * '''[[1930 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Ray Charles]], [[Odetta]] == 1920s == * '''[[1929 in music]]''' - * '''[[1928 in music]]''' - ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' by [[Kurt Weill]] and [[Bertolt Brecht]] (libretto) premieres in [[Berlin]]; [[Bo Diddley]] is born. * '''[[1927 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Harry Belafonte]] * '''[[1926 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Chuck Berry]]; ''[[Turandot]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] premieres in [[Milan]] * '''[[1925 in music]]''' - Birth of [[B. B. King]], Big [[record label]]s begin using electric [[microphone]]s for recording; 78 RPM adopted as standard for [[gramophone records|records]]; [[BBC]] makes first radio broadcast in stereo; ''[[Wozzeck]]'' by [[Alban Berg]] premieres in [[Berlin]] * '''[[1924 in music]]''' - [[George Gershwin|Gershwin’s]] ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]'' premieres in New York, Death of [[Giacomo Puccini|Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini]], Italian opera composer * '''[[1923 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Hank Williams]], First recordings by [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Bessie Smith]], and many other African-American artists * '''[[1922 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Ali Akbar Khan]], The first commercial [[radio]] station in the United States begins broadcasting * '''[[1921 in music]]''' * '''[[1920 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Ravi Shankar]], Death of [[Alberto Nepomuceno]], Brazilian composer, pianist, organist and conductor; [[Vladimir Horowitz|Vladimir Horowitz's]] first recital == 1910s == * '''[[1919 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Pete Seeger]], [[Vladimir Horowitz]] graduates at the [[Kiev Conservatory]], playing [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto (Rach 3)]] * '''[[1918 in music]]''' - [[Phonograph cylinders]] become obsolete, - Death of [[Claude Debussy]] * '''[[1917 in music]]''' - Birth of [[John Lee Hooker]], First hit [[jazz]] recordings by [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]] * '''[[1916 in music]]''' * '''[[1915 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Billie Holiday]], [[Tom Brown (trombonist)|Tom Brown]] starts billing his group as a "[[Jazz|Jass]] Band"; Birth of [[Frank Sinatra]] * '''[[1914 in music]]''' - [[St. Louis Blues (song)|St. Louis Blues]] published; first [[calypso music]] recordings * '''[[1913 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Muddy Waters]], [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' is premiered in Paris. * '''[[1912 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Woody Guthrie]], [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], [[John Cage]]; [[Vladimir Horowitz]], enters the [[Kiev Conservatory]] * '''[[1911 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]] premieres in [[Dresden]], Death of [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer and conductor * '''[[1910 in music]]''' == 1900s == * '''[[1909 in music]]''' - ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]] premieres in [[Dresden]], [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Sergey Rachmaninoff]] finishes composing his [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|3rd Piano Concerto in D Minor]], one of the greatest Piano Concerti ever composed and a great challenge to ultra virtuosi * '''[[1908 in music]]''' * '''[[1907 in music]]''' * '''[[1906 in music]]''' - [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Dmitri Shostakowich]], soviet composer and pianist, Victor begins selling the [[Victrola]] phonograph player for $15.00 * '''[[1905 in music]]''' - ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' by [[Franz Lehár]] premieres in [[Vienna]]; ''[[Salome]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]] premieres in [[Dresden]] * '''[[1904 in music]]''' - Death of [[Antonín Dvořák]], Czech composer, ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] premieres in [[Milan]] * '''[[1903 in music]]''' * '''[[1902 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Richard Rodgers]], ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande]]'' by [[Claude Debussy]] premieres in [[Paris]] * '''[[1901 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Louis Armstrong]], Death of [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer; [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Sergey Rachmaninoff]] plays all movements of his [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] in a public performance * '''[[1900 in music]]''' - ''[[Tosca]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] premieres in [[Rome]], [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Sergey Rachmaninoff]] plays the 2nd and 3rd movements of his [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] in a public performance == 1890s == * '''[[1899 in music]]''' * '''[[1898 in music]]''' - Birth of [[George Gershwin]], [[Paul Robeson]] * '''[[1897 in music]]''' - [[Ragtime music]] becomes popular in the United States; Death of [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], Birth of [[Marian Anderson]] * '''[[1896 in music]]''' - Death of [[Carlos Gomes]], Brazilian composer and opera composer and [[Anton Bruckner]], Austrian composer and organist * '''[[1895 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[George W. Johnson]] becomes first Afro-American recording artist with [[The Laughing Song]] * '''[[1894 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Anton Rubinstein]], Russian composer and ultra virtuoso pianist * '''[[1893 in music]]''' - Death of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky]], Russian composer * '''[[1892 in music]]''' - [[Dan W. Quinn]] makes first recordings in New York City * '''[[1891 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Sergei Prokofiev|Sergey Prokofiev]], Soviet composer and pianist * '''[[1890 in music]]''' - [[John Philip Sousa]] makes first recordings with [[Columbia Phonograph Company]] == 1880s == * '''[[1889 in music]]''' - [[Effie Stewart]] records first serious classical music at Edison's [[Menlo Park]]; First [[phonograph|Phonograph Parlor]] opens in San Francisco * '''[[1888 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Lead Belly]], Death of [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]], French composer and ultra virtuoso pianist, Wax [[phonograph cylinder]]s commercially marketed; [[Emile Berliner]] invents lateral-cut [[disc records]] * '''[[1887 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]], Brazilian composer and guitarist * '''[[1886 in music]]''' - [[Franz Liszt]] dies * '''[[1885 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Jerome Kern]] * '''[[1884 in music]]''' * '''[[1883 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Edgard Varèse]], Death of [[Richard Wagner]], German composer * '''[[1882 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian composer, ''[[Parsifal]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Bayreuth]] * '''[[1881 in music]]''' * '''[[1880 in music]]''' == 1870s == * '''[[1879 in music]]''' * '''[[1878 in music]]''' - Birth of [[George M. Cohan]] * '''[[1877 in music]]''' - [[Phonograph]] and [[phonograph cylinder]] invented by [[Thomas Alva Edison]] * '''[[1876 in music]]''' - ''[[Siegfried]]'' and ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premiere in [[Bayreuth]] * '''[[1875 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Maurice Ravel|Joseph-Maurice Ravel]], French composer and pianist; ''[[Carmen]]'' by [[Georges Bizet]] premieres in [[Paris]] * '''[[1874 in music]]''' - ''[[Boris Gudonov (opera)|Boris Gudonov]]'' by [[Modest Mussorgsky]] premieres in [[Saint Petersburg]]; ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' by [[Johann Strauss II]] premieres in [[Vienna]]; [[Richard Wagner]] concludes [[Götterdämmerung]], finishing the [[Der Ring des Nibelungen|The Ring Cycle]] * '''[[1873 in music]]''' Birth of [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Sergey Rachmaninoff]], Russian composer, ultra virtuoso pianist and conductor * '''[[1872 in music]]''' * '''[[1871 in music]]''' - [[Richard Wagner]] concludes [[Siegfried]]; ''[[Aida]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] premieres in [[Cairo]] * '''[[1870 in music]]''' - ''[[Die Walküre]]'' (the Valkyrie) by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Munich]] == 1860s == * '''[[1869 in music]]''' - Death of [[Hector Berlioz]], French composer, ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Munich]] * '''[[1868 in music]]''' - Death of [[Gioachino Rossini]], Italian composer, ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premières in [[Munich]]; ''[[Ein deutsches Requiem]]'' by [[Johannes Brahms]] premières in Bremen; ''[[Brahms' Lullaby|Wiegenlied]]'' by Brahms (''Brahms' Lullaby'') * '''[[1867 in music]]''' * '''[[1866 in music]]''' * '''[[1865 in music]]''' - ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Munich]], marking the beginning of the end for traditional [[tonality]] * '''[[1864 in music]]''' Birth of [[Richard Strauss]], German composer, [[Alberto Nepomuceno]], Brazilian composer, pianist, organist and conductor * '''[[1863 in music]]''' * '''[[1862 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Claude Debussy]] * '''[[1861 in music]]''' - * '''[[1860 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer and conductor == 1850s == * '''[[1859 in music]]''' - ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' by [[Charles Gounod]] premieres in [[Paris]]; [[Richard Wagner]] concludes [[Tristan und Isolde]] * '''[[1858 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Medardo Rosso]] and [[Giacomo Puccini]], Italian opera composer, ''[[Orpheus in the Underworld|Orphée aux enfers]]'' by [[Jacques Offenbach]], the first [[operetta]], premieres in [[Paris]]; [[Hector Berlioz]] writes ''[[Les Troyens]]'' * '''[[1857 in music]]''' - First public performance of [[Franz Liszt|Franz Liszt's]] [[Piano Sonata (Liszt)|Piano Sonata in B Minor]] * '''[[1856 in music]]''' Death of [[Robert Schuman]], German composer and pianist; [[Richard Wagner]], German composer, concludes [[Die Walküre]] * '''[[1855 in music]]''' * '''[[1854 in music]]''' - [[Richard Wagner]], German composer, concludes [[Das Rheingold]] * '''[[1853 in music]]''' - ''[[Il trovatore]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] premieres in [[Rome]]; ''[[La traviata]]'' by Verdi premieres in [[Venice]] * '''[[1852 in music]]''' * '''[[1851 in music]]''' - ''[[Rigoletto]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] premieres in [[Venice]] * '''[[1850 in music]]''' - ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Weimar]]; ''Foster's Plantation Melodies'' by [[Stephen Foster]], including "[[Camptown Races]]" == 1840s == * '''[[1849 in music]]''' - Death of [[Frédéric Chopin]], Polish composer and pianist * '''[[1848 in music]]''' - Death of [[Gaetano Donizetti]], Italian opera composer * '''[[1847 in music]]''' - "[[Oh! Susanna]]" by [[Stephen Foster]] published * '''[[1846 in music]]''' - [[Adolphe Sax]] invents the [[saxophone]] * '''[[1845 in music]]''' - ''[[Tannhäuser]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premières in [[Dresden]] * '''[[1844 in music]]''' * '''[[1843 in music]]''' - [[Minstrel show]] premieres in United States; ''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Dresden]] * '''[[1842 in music]]''' - "[[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]omania" sweeps Europe * '''[[1841 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Antonín Dvořák]], Czech composer * '''[[1840 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], Russian composer; Death of [[Niccolò Paganini]], Italian composer and ultra virtuoso violinist == 1830s == * '''[[1839 in music]]''' * '''[[1838 in music]]''' * '''[[1837 in music]]''' * '''[[1836 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Carlos Gomes]], Brazilian composer and opera composer, ''[[Les Huguenots]]'' by [[Giacomo Meyerbeer]] premieres in [[Paris]] * '''[[1835 in music]]''' - Death of [[Vincenzo Bellini|Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini]], Italian opera composer, ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' by [[Gaetano Donizetti]] premieres in [[Naples]] * '''[[1834 in music]]''' - ''Die [[Neue Zeitschrift für Musik]]'' first published by [[Robert Schumann]] * '''[[1833 in music]]''' - [[Johannes Brahms]] born * '''[[1832 in music]]''' * '''[[1831 in music]]''' * '''[[1830 in music]]''' == 1820s == * '''[[1829 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Anton Rubinstein]], Russian composer and ultra virtuoso pianist * '''[[1828 in music]]''' - [[Franz Schubert]] dies * '''[[1827 in music]]''' - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] dies; ''[[Winterreise]]'' by [[Franz Schubert]] * '''[[1826 in music]]''' - Death of [[Carl Maria von Weber|Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber]], German opera composer, ''[[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 14 in C Sharp minor]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] * '''[[1825 in music]]''' - ''Songs from Sir Walter Scott'' by [[Franz Schubert]], including "[[Ellens dritter Gesang]]" (Schubert's ''Ave Maria'') * '''[[1824 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Anton Bruckner]], Austrian composer and organist; [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's 9th Symphony]] * '''[[1823 in music]]''' - ''[[Die schöne Müllerin]]'' by [[Franz Schubert]] * '''[[1822 in music]]''' * '''[[1821 in music]]''' - ''[[Der Freischütz]]'' by [[Carl Maria von Weber]], premieres in [[Berlin]] * '''[[1820 in music]]''' == 1810s == * '''[[1819 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Clara Schumann]], composer and pianist; * '''[[1818 in music]]''' - ''[[Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven)|Hammerklavier sonate]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] * '''[[1817 in music]]''' * '''[[1816 in music]]''' - ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' (The Barber of Seville) by [[Gioacchino Rossini]], premieres in [[Rome]] * '''[[1815 in music]]''' * '''[[1814 in music]]''' * '''[[1813 in music]]''' Birth of [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]], French composer and ultra virtuoso pianist, [[Richard Wagner]], German composer and [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer * '''[[1812 in music]]''' * '''[[1811 in music]]''' - [[Franz Liszt]] born * '''[[1810 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Frédéric Chopin]] and [[Robert Schumann]], ''[[Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth Piano Concerto Emperor]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] == 1800s == * '''[[1809 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Felix Mendelssohn|Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]], German composer, pianist, organist and conductor; Death of [[Franz Joseph Haydn]], Austrian composer and pianist * '''[[1808 in music]]''' - [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] completes his [[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|6th Symphony "Pastoral"]], [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's 5th Symphony]] * '''[[1807 in music]]''' - ''[[La Vestale]]'' by [[Gaspare Spontini]] * '''[[1806 in music]]''' - ''[[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)|Fourth Piano Concerto]],[[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] * '''[[1805 in music]]''' - ''[[Fidelio]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] * '''[[1804 in music]]''' - ''[[Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 3 'Eroica']]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] * '''[[1803 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Hector Berlioz]], French composer * '''[[1802 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Sonatas and partitas for solo violin]] are published by [[Bote and Bock]] * '''[[1801 in music]]''' - and [[Vincenzo Bellini|Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini]], Italian opera composer, [[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's ''Moonlight Sonata'']] * '''[[1800 in music]]''' - == 1790s == * '''[[1799 in music]]''' - * '''[[1798 in music]]''' - * '''[[1797 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Franz Schubert]], Austrian composer and pianist and [[Gaetano Donizetti|Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizecci]], Italian opera composer * '''[[1796 in music]]''' - * '''[[1795 in music]]''' - * '''[[1794 in music]]''' - * '''[[1793 in music]]''' - * '''[[1792 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Gioachino Rossini|Gioachino Antonio Rossini]], Italian composer * '''[[1791 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' (The Magic Flute); death of Mozart * '''[[1790 in music]]''' - == 1780s == * '''[[1789 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' * '''[[1788 in music]]''' - Death of [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], German composer and keyboardist * '''[[1787 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' * '''[[1786 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Carl Maria von Weber|Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber]], German opera composer, [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' (The marriage of Figaro) * '''[[1785 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] composes his [[Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 21]] * '''[[1784 in music]]''' - * '''[[1783 in music]]''' - * '''[[1782 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Niccolò Paganini]], Italian composer and ultra virtuoso violinist; Death of [[Johann Christian Bach]], German composer, [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' (The Abduction from the Seraglio) * '''[[1781 in music]]''' - * '''[[1780 in music]]''' - == 1770s == * '''[[1779 in music]]''' - * '''[[1778 in music]]''' - * '''[[1777 in music]]''' - ''[[Il mondo della luna]]'' by [[Joseph Haydn]], premieres in [[Esterháza]], [[Hungary]] * '''[[1776 in music]]''' - * '''[[1775 in music]]''' - * '''[[1774 in music]]''' - * '''[[1773 in music]]''' - * '''[[1772 in music]]''' - * '''[[1771 in music]]''' - * '''[[1770 in music]]''' - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] born == 1760s == * '''[[1769 in music]]''' - * '''[[1768 in music]]''' - * '''[[1767 in music]]''' - * '''[[1766 in music]]''' - * '''[[1765 in music]]''' - * '''[[1764 in music]]''' - Death of [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]], french composer and music theorist * '''[[1763 in music]]''' - * '''[[1762 in music]]''' - ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' by [[Christophe Willibald Gluck]], premieres in [[Vienna]] * '''[[1761 in music]]''' - * '''[[1760 in music]]''' - ''[[La buona figliuola]]'' by [[Niccolo Piccini]], premieres in [[Rome]] == 1750s == * '''[[1759 in music]]''' - [[George Frideric Handel]] dies * '''[[1758 in music]]''' - * '''[[1757 in music]]''' - Death of [[Domenico Scarlatti]], Italian composer and harpsichordist * '''[[1756 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] born * '''[[1755 in music]]''' - * '''[[1754 in music]]''' - * '''[[1753 in music]]''' - * '''[[1752 in music]]''' - * '''[[1751 in music]]''' - * '''[[1750 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] dies == 1740s == * '''[[1749 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Mass in B Minor]] premiere * '''[[1748 in music]]''' - * '''[[1747 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] finishes his [[The Musical Offering|Musical Offering]] * '''[[1746 in music]]''' - * '''[[1745 in music]]''' - * '''[[1744 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] finishes the Book II from [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]] * '''[[1743 in music]]''' - * '''[[1742 in music]]''' - première of ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'' by [[George Frederick Handel]], in [[Dublin]] * '''[[1741 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Goldberg Variations]] are published * '''[[1740 in music]]''' - Death of [[Antonio Lucio Vivaldi]], Italian composer and violinist == 1730s == * '''[[1739 in music]]''' - * '''[[1738 in music]]''' - * '''[[1737 in music]]''' - * '''[[1736 in music]]''' - * '''[[1735 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Johann Christian Bach]], German composer * '''[[1734 in music]]''' - * '''[[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]], Death of [[François Couperin]], french composer and harpsichordist * '''[[1732 in music]]''' - [[Joseph Haydn]] born * '''[[1731 in music]]''' - * '''[[1730 in music]]''' - == 1720s == * '''[[1729 in music]]''' - * '''[[1728 in music]]''' - ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' by [[John Gay]] and [[Johann Christoph Pepusch]], premieres in [[London]] * '''[[1727 in music]]''' - ''Zadok the Priest'' (the coronation anthem) by [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] finishes and presents his [[St Matthew Passion (Bach)|St Matthew Passion]] * '''[[1726 in music]]''' - * '''[[1725 in music]]''' - publication of ''Twelve concerti, Op. 8'' by [[Antonio Vivaldi]], including ''[[the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|the Four Seasons]]'' * '''[[1724 in music]]''' - ''[[Giulio Cesare]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] premières in [[London]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] presents his [[Johannes Passion|St John Passion]] * '''[[1723 in music]]''' - Vivaldi composes ''The Seasons'' * '''[[1722 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] finishes the Book I from [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], ''Traité de l'harmonie'' by [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]] causes a revolution in music theory. * '''[[1721 in music]]''' - * '''[[1720 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] presents his [[Brandenburg Concertos]] to [[Christian Ludwig]] == 1710s == * '''[[1719 in music]]''' - * '''[[1718 in music]]''' - * '''[[1717 in music]]''' - * '''[[1716 in music]]''' - * '''[[1715 in music]]''' - * '''[[1714 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], German composer * '''[[1713 in music]]''' - Death: [[Arcangelo Corelli]], Italian composer and violinist * '''[[1712 in music]]''' - * '''[[1711 in music]]''' - ''[[Rinaldo]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], premieres in [[London]], the first all-Italian opera performed in London * '''[[1710 in music]]''' - ''[[Agrippina]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], premieres in [[Venice]] == 1700s == * '''[[1709 in music]]''' - * '''[[1708 in music]]''' - * '''[[1707 in music]]''' - * '''[[1706 in music]]''' - [[Johann Pachelbel]] dies * '''[[1705 in music]]''' - * '''[[1704 in music]]''' - * '''[[1703 in music]]''' - * '''[[1702 in music]]''' - * '''[[1701 in music]]''' - * '''[[1700 in music]]''' - == 1690s == * '''[[1699 in music]]''' - * '''[[1698 in music]]''' - * '''[[1697 in music]]''' - * '''[[1696 in music]]''' - * '''[[1695 in music]]''' - [[Henry Purcell]] dies * '''[[1694 in music]]''' - * '''[[1693 in music]]''' - * '''[[1692 in music]]''' - * '''[[1691 in music]]''' - * '''[[1690 in music]]''' - == 1680s == * '''[[1689 in music]]''' - ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'', opera, by [[Henry Purcell]] and [[Nahum Tate]] (libretto) performed * '''[[1688 in music]]''' - * '''[[1687 in music]]''' - Death of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], french composer * '''[[1686 in music]]''' - * '''[[1685 in music]]''' - Birth of: [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and [[George Frideric Handel|Georg Friedrich Häendel]] (German composers, organists and harpsichordists); [[Domenico Scarlatti]], Italian composer and harpsichordist * '''[[1684 in music]]''' - * '''[[1683 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]], french composer and music theorist * '''[[1682 in music]]''' - * '''[[1681 in music]]''' - * '''[[1680 in music]]''' - == 1670s == * '''[[1679 in music]]''' - * '''[[1678 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Antonio Lucio Vivaldi]], Italian composer and violinist * '''[[1677 in music]]''' - * '''[[1676 in music]]''' - * '''[[1675 in music]]''' - * '''[[1674 in music]]''' - * '''[[1673 in music]]''' - * '''[[1672 in music]]''' - * '''[[1671 in music]]''' - * '''[[1670 in music]]''' - == 1660s == * '''[[1669 in music]]''' - * '''[[1668 in music]]''' - Birth of [[François Couperin]], french composer and harpsichordist * '''[[1667 in music]]''' - * '''[[1666 in music]]''' - * '''[[1665 in music]]''' - * '''[[1664 in music]]''' - * '''[[1663 in music]]''' - * '''[[1662 in music]]''' - * '''[[1661 in music]]''' - * '''[[1660 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], Italian composer and harpsichordist == 1650s == * '''[[1659 in music]]''' - [[Henry Purcell]] born * '''[[1658 in music]]''' - * '''[[1657 in music]]''' - * '''[[1656 in music]]''' - * '''[[1655 in music]]''' - * '''[[1654 in music]]''' - * '''[[1653 in music]]''' - [[Arcangelo Corelli]], [[Johann Pachelbel]] born * '''[[1652 in music]]''' - * '''[[1651 in music]]''' - ''[[La Calisto]]'' by [[Francesco Cavalli]] * '''[[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]]''' - Birth of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], french composer * '''[[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]]''' - [[Marco da Gagliano]], [[Sacarum cantionum]] * '''[[1613 in music]]''' - * '''[[1612 in music]]''' - * '''[[1611 in music]]''' - [[William Byrd]], [[Fantasia a 6, No.3]] * '''[[1610 in music]]''' - == 1600s == * '''[[1609 in music]]''' - * '''[[1608 in music]]''' - ''[[Arianna]]'' by [[Claudio Monteverdi]] * '''[[1607 in music]]''' - ''[[L'Orfeo|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 * '''[[1596 in music]]''' - * '''[[1595 in music]]''' - * '''[[1594 in music]]''' - [[Orlande de Lassus]] completes [[Lagrime di San Pietro]] (posthumously published); [[Orlande de Lassus]] dies * '''[[1593 in music]]''' - * '''[[1592 in music]]''' - * '''[[1591 in music]]''' - * '''[[1590 in music]]''' - [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Il secondo libro de madrigali a 5 == 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]]''' - Appearance of three Fantasias for viol consort by [[William Byrd]] == 1570s == * '''[[1579 in music]]''' - * '''[[1578 in music]]''' - * '''[[1577 in music]]''' - * '''[[1576 in music]]''' - * '''[[1575 in music]]''' - * '''[[1574 in music]]''' - * '''[[1573 in music]]''' - * '''[[1572 in music]]''' - * '''[[1571 in music]]''' - * '''[[1570 in music]]''' - == 1560s == * '''[[1569 in music]]''' - * '''[[1568 in music]]''' - * '''[[1567 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Italian composer and singer * '''[[1566 in music]]''' - * '''[[1565 in music]]''' - * '''[[1564 in music]]''' - * '''[[1563 in music]]''' - * '''[[1562 in music]]''' - * '''[[1561 in music]]''' - * '''[[1560 in music]]''' - First works for Viol Consort attributed to [[William Byrd]] == 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]]''' - [[Thomas Tallis]] begins writing his first works for the Latin church service. == 1530s == * '''[[1539 in music]]''' - * '''[[1538 in music]]''' - printing of the first [[Protestantism|protestant]] hymn-book, ''Ein Hubsch new Gesangbuch''; publication of the first book of [[madrigal (music)|madrigal]]s by [[Maddalena Casulana]], the first printed book of music by a woman in European history. * '''[[1537 in music]]''' - * '''[[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 [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]] * '''[[1522 in music]]''' - death of [[Jean Mouton]] (c. 1459 – October 30, 1522) * '''[[1521 in music]]''' - death of [[Josquin des Prez|Josquin]] * '''[[1520 in music]]''' - == 1510s == * '''[[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]]''' * '''[[1490s in music]]''' * '''[[1360 in music]]''' [[Guillaume de Machaut]] composes [[Messe de Nostre Dame]], the first complete polyphonic ordinary of the mass * '''[[20th century BC in music]]''' {{Lists of years}} {{DEFAULTSORT:%%key}} [[Category:Years in music| ]] [[Category:Music-related lists|Events, List of musical]] [[Category:Timelines of music|Events]] [[et:Aastad muusikas]] [[fr:Chronologie de la musique]] [[pl:Muzyka - przegląd chronologiczny]] [[sq:Lista e viteve në muzikë]] [[sv:Lista över musikår]]