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By WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE he istry of Wester classical rusian be compared to lage Her system whose various orgins liehidden in distant misty hil. Modem scholars Keep producing performable editions of older ant Alder compositions but tis sil ‘impossible to pinpoint an exact time or pace and say that here fs where classical musi begins tis dificult draw sharp boundaries between stylist periods. During some periods diferent tyles of must ext side by sein the ee way tata tb tay steam sometimes maintains is separate identity ina larger ver long past the pint of confluence Th attempting a graphic representation of mscal history Thave chosen the year 500 as an arbitrary begining point because eater Renaissance com ah as Ockeghem and Josquin des Pre, are {Fle more than historia interest to most modern record collectors Similan choosing which cont Doser to include a epresentative of important Styles, Ihave been guided by the number ofeach one’s curently avalable recordings and their dist bution inthe United States. This means that have had to leave out such interesting composers as Giordano, Carlos Chavez, and Ellen tafe Zwiich, Obviously Thave also made some choles on the Basis of personal taste The composers calendar on the following pages is not encyelopedic in scope Is simply an over in hart form, gulde for hose who wish to navigate with ease among the currents of dasa music. TaMicguatCmncuncats Gow 150024 Voers MOWLSA” ESO EUZAIEMLQUEINOFENGLAND 100 Fac OreRA *STEREO REVIEW SO 1500 1525 550 55 7 re CALENDAR OF CLASSICAL Saeco COMPOSERS salina. 155-190) {1 Onlandus Lassus (1532-15 15 Willa Bye (159-1629) 1D) Tomés Luis de Victoria (c. 1549-1610) Giovanni Gabriel (1557-1612) John Dowland (1562-1626) 1B) Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) 1) Girolame Frescobaldi (15 @Heinsigh Schiit (1585- By WILLIAM LivINGSTONE RENAISSANCE Baptiste Lally 1632-1687) are Antoine Charpentie (1634-1704) Dietrich Bushee 1637-1707) @ Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) {Bjohann Pachelbel 1653-1706) Henry Purcell (c.1659-1680) Il Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) 8 ancois Couperin 68-73 “Tomaso Albinoni (671-17 Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1740) £2 Georg Ppp Tlemann s-767 {2 Jean Pipe Rameau (1653-1768) ian Bach (1685-1750) eric Handel (1685-1759) {Domenico Scarlatti 1685-1757) “WGhaseppe Tain 682-170 18] Willan Boyee 1710-179) £8 Giovanni Batista Pegoles (1710-1736) {Gast Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) ‘G Christoph Wilibatd von Gluck (714-1767) {Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) {Sifohann Christian Bach (735-1782) Luigi Boccherini 1743-1605) ‘@Woligang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Gl Luigi Cherubini (760-1842) ts Ludvig van Behoven 7 mando Sor (1778-183 1B Niceold Paganini (1782 1B Carl Mara von Webs 1B Gioacchino Ross {B Gaetano Doniz Franz Schubert ( {Vincenzo Beli Hector Berion Pel Mend Frédéric Ch TE77 EDSONS PHONOGRAM 1915 PaNAWA CANAL OVENS 1958 STERED INTRODUCED ners COTTON GIN IBID CALFORNA GOLD ROSH 1553 METROPOLTAN Creta OPENS 1948 LP RecosD LaUNcHED.1983CD InmmopuceD 1825 7850 1875, 1900 1925 1950 PRESENT “harles Gounod (1818-1833) “i HetorVilla-Lokos (1887-1959) lacques Offenbach (1819-1880) {BD Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) César Franck 1522-189) ‘Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) {@ Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) 1 Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) {i Bediich Smetana (1824-1884) {HE Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) {B Johann Strauss, (825-1899) {© Can Or (885-1962) {5 Louis Moresu Gottschalk (1829-1869) _(] Roger Sessions (1896-1985) ~BlAlsander Borodin (1833-187) {B1G) Ving Thomson (896-) CB Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) [Bl Henry Cowell (1897-1965) BE Camile Saint Sans (1835- 1B George Gershovin 1695-1937) TGeotgesbiret (838-1875) RoyHaris (188-979) )Maxtrch 168-520) |. rand Foun 9526) (Bi Modest Mussorgsky 1839-1881) (BIR Aarcn Copland (1800-—) Ae emi, Genta ) (Emmanuel Chabrier (184-1854) Rodrigo 90I- {@ Antonin Dvorak (1841-1808) 3 Wi Won 902-1983) i Jules Massenet (1842-1912) ‘BER rn Khachtan O33 17) P ael Tippett (005-) ROMANTIC (8) iE mitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) {8 Edvard Grieg 1843-1907) {B Ellot Caner 308— ) (GL Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (844-1908) [Olver Messiaen (908-_) (hGabrel Faure (145-1924) "TB ) Sami! Barber 910-1980) (HG Look Jandtek 854-1926) (BE Wiliam Schuman 1510-) {BlEmest Chausson 1655-1669) TH Giancatlo Menoti(1911-) [il Edward Elgar (1857-1934) John Cage (1912- Tl Rugglere Leoncavalle (438-98) Beran Bien (98-1975) {@ Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) __[3] Witold Lutoslawski (1913- )Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) @ Al Ginas {S)Gustav Mahler 1860-191) om LATE SSE (a saber NacDovel (SI) inen ai (GIG Frederick Delius 1862-1934) Pierre Boulez (0925- ) 5-179) Gade Debussy 085291) “iacanoBeioaas” ) (1770-1827), TE Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) (9) Hans Werner Hi ote ee) fh Rid Seta bo ee eg? ‘ni (1782-1840) ‘@ Paul Dukas (1865-1935) “ [B George Crumb(1929- _) yon Weber (1786-1826) (QB Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) ait 10 Rossini (1782-1868) Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) : fo Donleet 87 ER)

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