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== 2000s ==
[[Image:M4100164.JPG|thumb|[[Live 8]] concerts took place in 9 countries worldwide during 2005.]]
*'''[[2008 in music]]''', '''[[2008 in British music]]'''
* '''[[2007 in music]]''', '''[[2007 in British music]]''' - Deaths of [[Beverly Sills]], [[Max Roach]], [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Izumi Sakai]], [[Luciano Pavarotti]] and [[Don Arden]]; [[Live Earth]], [[Led Zeppelin]] reunion; said to be the "largest demand for one show in history" due to overwhelming response at ticketing website; [[Radiohead]] splits from [[EMI]] and independently releases the highly anticipated ''[[In Rainbows]]'' as an online download with a method of payment that allows the buyer to choose their price, sparking a fair amount of controversy and praise. 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]]'''
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