The Ancient World
Before 325 B.C.From the dawn of man to the rise of the first civilizations, music has been an integral part of human experience.
Lessons
The Ancient World
Classical Antiquity
Late Antiquity
The Medieval Period
- The Holy Roman EmpireEcclesial ModesKassia of ConstantinopleOrganumThe VikingsThe Norman ConquestHildegard von BingenMedieval NotationThe Song DynastyThe CrusadesGuillaume IX d'AquitaineNotre Dame SchoolThe MongolsBlack DeathThe Hundred Years' WarGuillaume de MachautThe Fall of ConstantinopleThe War of the RosesThe Ming Dynasty
The Renaissance
The Baroque Period
- Andrea and Giovanni GabrieliClaudio MonteverdiBaroque InstrumentsThe Thirty Years' WarHeinrich SchützRoman Numeral AnalysisCadencesSeventh ChordsThe English Civil WarHenry PurcellBasso ContinuoThe House of BourbonJean-Baptiste LullyThe Great Turkish WarJohann PachelbelEqual TemperamentAntonio VivaldiBrandenburg-PrussiaGeorge Frederick HändelMusical FormThe War of Spanish SuccessionJohann Sebastian BachThe FugueSecondary Dominants
The Classical Period
The Romantic Period
- The Congress of ViennaFranz SchubertFelix and Fanny MendelssohnFrederick ChopinThe July MonarchyGiacomo RossiniHector BerliozThe Industrial RevolutionLatin American IndependenceMusic in Latin AmericaSteven FosterSpiritualsThe Revolutions of 1848Johann Strauß, Jr.Franz LisztVictorian EnglandThe Mexican-American WarThe American Civil WarJohn Philip SousaThe Unification of ItalyGiuseppe VerdiRichard WagnerThe Unification of GermanyJohannes BrahmsGeorges BizetThe Mighty FivePeter Ilych TchaikovskyEdvard GriegJean SibeliusThe Meiji RestorationGustav MahlerCamille Saint-SaënsClaude Debussy
The 20th - 21st Centuries
- Scott JoplinThe BluesThe Mexican RevolutionThe Boxer RebellionWorld War IThe Russian RevolutionIgor StravinskyDixielandLouis ArmstrongBig BandGeorge GershwinWilliam Grant StillAaron CoplandThe Great DepressionArnold SchönbergWorld War IIMusic during World War IIThe Rise of CommunismDmitri ShostakovichCharlie ParkerRock & RollThe Cold WarLatin JazzThe Civil Rights MovementLeonard BernsteinPhilip GlassElectronic MusicJohn CageThe Fall of CommunismModern ComposersThe Future