Baroque Period ca. 1600-1750 Timeline Directory
DateEvent
1597Sacrae symphoniae (G. Gabrieli)
 Sonata pian e forte (G. Gabrieli)
 Dafne (Camerata)
1600Euridice (Caccini/Peri)
 Il Rapresentatione (Cavalieri)
1602Le nuove musiche (Caccini)
 Madrigals Book V (Monteverdi)
1607Orfeo (Monteverdi)
 Scherzi Musicali (Mont.)
1610sFitzwilliam Virginal Book (English)
1613El melopeo y maestro (Pietro Cerone)
1615Book I Toccatas (Frescobaldi)
 Sonata per tre violini (G.Gabrieli)
1619Book VII 'Concertos' (Monteverdi)
1622Too Much I Once Lamented (Tomkins)
1624Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
1629Sinfoniae sacrae (Schutz)
1635Fiori musicali (Frescobaldi)
1636Kleine geistliche Concerten (Schütz)
1637Venice public opera
1638Madrigals of War & Love (Monteverdi)
1641Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi)
1642Coronation of Poppea (Monteverdi)
 Egisto (Cavalli)
1647Orontea (Cesti)
 Orfeo (L. Rossi)
1649Giasone (Cavalli)
1650Jeptha (Carissimi)
1668Il pomo d'oro (Cesti)
1669Academie Royale de Musique
1673Cadmus et Hermione (Lully)
DateEvent
1677Giulio Cesare (Sartorio)
1681Opus 1 (church trio sonatas, Corelli)
1687Armide (Lully)
1689Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
1692Opus 5 (incl. ripieno conc., Torelli)
1698Opus 6 (ripieno and solo conc., Torelli)
1711L'estro armonico (solo conc., Vivaldi)
1712-14Opus 6 (Corelli)
1716Art of Playing Clavecin (F.Couperin)
1717Orgelbuechlein (Bach)
1721Brandenburg Concertos (Bach)
1721Griselda (A. Scarlatti)
1722Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (JS Bach)
 Treatise of Harmony (Rameau)
1724Giulio Cesare (Handel)
1725Concert Spirituel (Philidor)
 Gradus ad Parnassum (Fux)
 Opus 8 ('Four Seasons', Vivaldi)
1727St.Matthew Passion (Bach)
1728Beggar's Opera (Gay)
1730Clavecin Pieces Book IV (ordres, F. Couperin)
1731Cantata: Wachet auf ruft uns... (JS Bach)
1733La serva padrona (Pergolesi)
 Mass in B minor (short version, JS Bach)
1735Coffee Cantata (JS Bach)
1737Tafelmusik (Telemann)
 Castor et Pollux (Rameau)
1740Symphony in D (Sammartini)
1741Messiah (Handel)
1742Peasant Cantata (JS Bach)
1747A Musical Offering (JS Bach)
1748Art of the Fugue (JS Bach)
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