Music History

MUSIC HISTORY

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Prehistoric Music (before c. 3500 BC)

1970 The Universe (c. 13,730,000,000 BC) - Waves
1980 The Solar System (c. 4,600,000 BC) - Oscillation
1981 Earth (c. 4,540,000,000 BC) - Sound - Music
1985 Tanzania (c. 2,500,000 BC) - Olduvai - Voice
1987 France (c. 28,000 BC) - Horn - Aerophone
1988 Senegal (c. 20,000 BC) - Percussion - Rhythm
1990 France (c. 18,000 BC) - Chordophone - Pitch - C
1994 Berbers in Algeria (c. 10,000 BC) - Steps - F
1997 Cameroon Settled (c. 8500 BC) - Bow - Number
1998 Algeria (c. 8000 BC) - Dancers - Function
1998 Yurok California (c. 8000 BC) - Scale - Texture
2000 China (c. 7000 BC) - Bone Flutes - Intervals

Ancient Music (c. 3500 BC - AD 400)

3500 Iraq (c. 3500 BC) - Bass - Harmonics - Quality
4200 Fu Hsi (2800-2737 BC) - I Ching - Ch'in
4303 Huang-Ti (2697 - 2598 BC) - Mythological Acoustics
4314 Egyptian Old Kingdom (2686 BC) - Clarinet
5450 Egyptian New Kingdom: 18th Dynasty (1550-1292BC)
5570 Anon (b. c. 1430 BC) - Syrian Cuneiform Notation
5659 Tutankhamun (1341 - 1323 BC) - Overtones
5949 K'ang (c. 1051-996 BC) - Pentatonic - Hymn
5963 Israel - David (c. 1037-967 BC) - Psalms
6000 Central African (c. 1000 BC) Voices
6420 Greece - Pythagoras (580-528 BC) - Drama
6437 Siddhārtha Gautama (c. 563-483 BC) - Buddhism
6449 Confucius (551-479 BC) - Instruments / Drama
6500 Bantu Migration to Angola (c. 500 BC) - Log Drum
6503 Sophocles (c. 497-405 BC) - Drama and Music
6700 Becoming Yoruba (c. 300 BC) - Talking Music
6715 Ctesibius (c. 285-222 BC) - Hydraulic Organ
6832 Athenian (b. c. 168 BC) - Delphic Hymn (c. 138 BC)
6850 India - The Vedas (150 BC) - Carnatic Music
6970 Asia Minor (Turkey) - Seikilos (b. c. 30 BC)
6996 Jesus (c. 4 BC - AD 29) - Christianity - Liturgy
7001 Hinduism and Buddhism in Indonesia - (c. AD 1)
7001 Xhosa Migration to South Africa (AD 1) - Solo Song
7001 Bantu Migration to Tanzania (c. AD 1) - Zaramo
7037 Italy - Roman Empire - Nero (AD 37-68)
7100 Chopi to Mozambique (c. AD 100) - Xylophones
7100 Mesomedes of Crete (b. c. AD 100)
7100 Agriculture in Uganda (c. AD 100) - Call/Response
7200 Bantu Culture in Kenya (c. AD 200) - Work Songs
7300 Settlement of Tahiti (c. 300) - Chant
7300 Bantu to Zimbabwe (c. AD 300) - Mbira
7321 Orthodox Christianity in Ethiopia (c. AD 321)
7340 Ambrose (c. 340-397) - Ambrosian Hymn

Medieval Music (c. 400-1400)

7400 India - Development of Jalatarang (c. 400)
7400 Berber Migration into Mauritania (c. 400) - Guitar
7400 Beginnings of Tibetan Buddhism (c. 400)
7404 Attila the Hun (406-453) - Hungarian Dance
7476 Fall of Rome - Beginning Byzantine Chant (c. 476)
7480 St. Benedict (c. 480-547)
7480 Boethius (c. 480-524) - Music of the Spheres
7500 Australia - Didgeridoo (c. AD 500)
7538 Buddhism in Japan (538) - Buddhist Music
7540 Gregory I (540-604) - Chant, Mass, Mode
7570 Muhammad (c. 570-632)
7630 The Coming of Islam to Yemen (c. 630)
7632 Islamic Iran (c. 632) - Dastgah, Santur
7636 Islam in Syria (636) - Maqam, Qanun, Ud, Pipe
7638 Arab Caliphate Rule of Palestine (638-1099)
7670 Kairouan in Tunisia (670) - Music of Courtship
7682 Arab Invasion of Morocco (682) - Heterophony
7700 Rebab (c. 700) - Ballad with Rebab
7710 Nara Period (710-794) - Gagaku Music
7800 Arabian Nights (c. 800)
7800 Bedouin Coffee Grind (c. 800)
7800 Charlemagne - Carolingian Renaissance (c. 800)
7800 Arab Traders in Gambia (c. 800) - Harps
7820 Anon (b. c. 820) - Musica Enchiriadis (c. 850)
7854 Switzerland - Notker (c. 854 - 920) - Tropes
7865 Tuotillo (865-916) - Kyrie-Trope: Omnipotens
7970 Composers of Free Organum (b. c. 970)
7970 Goliard Beginnings (b. c. 970) - Lyres
7981 India - Gomateshwara Statue (c. 981) - Trumpets
7991 Guido d'Arezzo (c. 991-1034)
8000 Navajo Ancestors in the Southwest (1000)
8013 Germany - Herman (1013-1054) - Antiphon
8070 Anon (b. c. 1070) - Song of the Ass (c. 1100)
8071 Turks in Turkey (1071) - Turkish Music
8085 Orkney (UK) Islander (b. c. 1085) - St. Magnus
8095 Anon Compostelan (b. c. 1095) - Florid Organum
8096 Pope Urban Launches the First Crusade (1096)
8098 Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
8100 Development of Hindustani Music (c. 1100)
8133 Leonin (c. 1133-1190) - Notre Dame School
8140 Guiraut de Bornelh (1140-1220) - Troubadours
8142 Seneca (NY) - Iroquois Confederation (1142)
8157 Richard Coeur-de-Lion (1157-1199) - Trouveres
8160 Conon de Bethune (c. 1160 - c. 1220)
8170 Compiler of Chansonnier Cange (b. c. 1170)
8170 Anonymous English (c. 1170) - Dance - Citole
8170 French (b. c. 1170) - Royal Estampies (c. 1200)
8170 Colin Muset (b. c. 1170)
8170 Mystery Plays - Daniel Composer (b. c. 1170)
8170 Perotin (c. 1170-1210)
8170 Tassin (b. c. 1170) - Dance Tune - Hemiola
8170 Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 - c. 1230)
8180 Neidhart [Nithart] von Reuental [Riuwental]
8182 Thibaut de Blason (c. 1182-1230) - Mandora
8200 Kallawaya People of Bolivia (c. 1200)
8200 Entrance of the Fulani into Nigeria (c. 1200)
8200 Ghana to Ghana (c. 1200) - Polyrhythms
8200 Islam in Indonesia (c. 1200) - Java - Court Music
8201 Thibaut of Navarre (1201-1253 - Jaw's Harp
8210 Thomas of Celano (c. 1210-1270) - Dies Irae
8217 Der Wilde Alexander (c. 1217-1291) - Flute
8220 Anon Authors (b. c. 1220) of Ars Antiqua Motets
8220 School of Notre Dame (b. c. 1220) - Clausula
8221 Alfonso X ("El Sabio") (1221-1284) - Lute
8225 Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
8225 Gillebert de Berneville (1225-1280) - Cowhorn
8240 Anonymous English (b. c. 1240) - Kyrie Trope
8240 Guiraut d'Espanha (1240-1270) - Pipe and Tabor
8245 Adam de la Halle (c. 1245-1307)
8255 Johannes de Grocheo (c. 1255-1320) - Sociology
8260 Petrus de Cruce (b. c. 1260)
8270 England (b. c. 1270) - Te Deum - Bells, Recorders
8270 Italian Dance (b. c. 1270) - Tristan - Trotto
8270 School of Worcester Composer (b. c. 1270)
8274 Jehan de l'Escurel (c. 1274-1304) - Formes Fixes
8280 Anon English (b. c. 1280) - Sumer Is Icumen In
8283 Gervaise du Bus (b. c. 1283) - Roman de Fauvel
8290 Robertsbridge Fragment Composer (b. c. 1290)
8291 Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361) - Ars Nova
8300 Bantu Migration to Gabon (c. 1300) - Sacred Music
8300 Kashmir - Development of the Shenai (c. 1300)
8300 Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377)
8319 German (b. c. 1319) - Flagellants - Black Death
8320 Jacopo da Bologna (c. 1320-1370) - Madrigals
8320 Vincenzo da Rimini (c. 1320-1375) - Portative
8325 Gherardello da Firenze (c. 1325-1363) - Caccia
8325 Francesco Landini (1325-1397) - Ballata
8365 Austria - Herman Monk of Salzburg (1365-1396)

Renaissance Music (c. 1400-1600)

8370 Johannes Ciconia (b. c. 1370) - Gloria
8370 Baude Cordier (c. 1370/1380 - c. 1439)
8380 John Dunstable (c. 1380-1453) - Fauxbourdon
8380 Lionel Power (1380-1445)
8393 Korean Court Music - Joseon Dynasty (1392)
8398 First Reference to a Harpsichord (1397)
8398 Richard Smert (c. 1398-1477) - Carol
8400 Giles Binchois (c. 1400-1467) - Burgundy Belgium
8400 Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)
8400 Gypsies in Romania (c. 1400) - Slavs
8404 First Reference to a Clavichord (1404)
8415 Conrad Paumann (c. 1415-1473) - Regal
8430 Antoine Busnois (c. 1430 – 1492)
8430 Johannes Ockeghem (1430-1495)
8450 Founding of Ilorin (1450) - Royal Trumpets
8450 Josquin des Pres (c. 1450 / 1455 - 1521)
8450 Jacob Obrecht (c. 1450 - 1505)
8470 French (c. 1470) - Petite Consolement - Lute
8470 Ireland (b. c. 1470) - Jigg (1500)
8470 Spain (b. c. 1470) - La Volta - Violin
8483 Martin Luther (1483-1546) - Reformation Chorale
8485 Hugh Aston (c. 1485-1558) -Lady Carey's Dompe
8490 Costanzo Festa (1490-1545) - Sackbut
8491 Henry VIII (1491-1547) - Pastime
8492 Spain - Muslim Expulsion (1492) - Good Friday
8495 Hans Sachs (1495-1576) -Mastersinger
8495 Claudin de Sermsy (c. 1495-1562) - Consort
8500 Guillaume le Heurteur (c. 1500-1550) - Kortholt
8500 Luis de Milan (c. 1500-1561) - Vihuela
8500 Tielman Susato (c. 1500-1561) - Dulcian
8504 Funj Sultanate, Sudan (c. 1504) - North & South
8505 Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
8507 Anne Boleyn (c. 1507-1535)- O Death
8510 Louis (Loys) Bourgeois (b c. 1510 -1560)
8510 Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1510-1586) - Ricercar
8510 Claude Gervaise (c. 1510-1560) - Danceries
8517 Gioseffo Zarlino (1517-1590) - Music Theory
8519 Thoinot Arbeau (1519-1595) - Orchesographie
8525 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
8532 Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) - Lieder
8535 Giorgio Mainerio (1535-1582) - Old and New
8540 Ireland - Dublin Virginal Composer (b. c. 1540)
8543 William Byrd (1543-1623)
8545 Pedro de Soto (b. c. 1545) - Renaissance Organ
8548 La Paz, Bolivia (1548), and the Aymara
8551 Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) - Florentine Camerata
8553 Giovanni Gabrieli (1553-1612)
8554 Anthony Holborne (c. 1554-1602)
8556 Pierre-Francisque Caroubel (1556-1611)
8557 Thomas Morley (1557-1603) - Madrigals
8560 Samuel Voelckel (1560-1618) - Courante
8561 Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) - Opera
8563 John Dowland (1563-1626)
8566 Carlo Gesualdo (c. 1566-c. 1613)

Baroque Music (c. 1600-1750)

8567 Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Voices
8570 John Farmer (1570-1601) - Fair Phyllis
8570 William Kemp (b. c. 1570) - Kemp's Gig (c. 1595)
8571 Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
8572 Okuni (b. c. 1572) - Kabuki (1603) - Shamisen
8576 Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) - Madrigals
8578 Agostino Agazzari (1578-1640) - Figured Bass
8582 Thomas Ravenscroft (1582-1635) - Blind Mice
8582 Marco da Gagliano (1582-1643) - Dafne
8583 Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) - Serpent
8583 Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) - The Silver Swan
8585 Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) - Saul
8586 Johann Schein (1586-1630) - Crumhorn
8596 Rene Descartes (1596-1650) - Enlightenment
8619 Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) - Beglia Occhi
8620 English (b. c. 1620) - Greensleeves to a Ground
8632 Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) - Absolutism
8637 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
8644 Heinrich Biber (1644-1704) - Trombone Sonata
8650 Protestantism in Nigeria (c. 1650)
8653 Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) - Trio Sonata
8653 Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) - Canon - Cello
8659 Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Abdelazar - Dido
8660 Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) - Gradus
8660 Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) - Cantata
8667 Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752) - Beggars
8668 Francois Couperin (1668-1733) - Musete
8674 Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674-1707) - Trumpet
8678 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Concerto
8681 Georg Philip Telemann (1681-1767) - Oboe
8682 Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738) - Rondeau
8683 Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) - Theory
8685 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Oratorio
8685 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Fugue
8685 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Performance

Classical Music (c. 1750-1825)

8700 G.B. Sammartini (1700-1775) - Symphony
8709 Formation of the Zulu (c. 1709) - Critical Times
8710 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
8710 Thomas Arne (1710-1778) - Philosophy
8714 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) - Piano
8714 Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) - Reform
8717 Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) - Symphony
8723 Adam Smith (1723-1790) - Philosophy of Music
8731 Founding of Afghanistan (1731)
8732 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
8746 William Billings (1746-1800)
8750 John Stafford Smith (1750-1837)
8750 Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) - Minuet
8752 Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) - Sonatinas
8756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
8760 Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836) - La Marseillaise
8767 Johnson (b. c. 1767) - Polly Put the Kettle On
8770 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
8774 Flamenco (c. 1774) - Flamenco Guitar
8787 Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
8792 Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
8792 Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Romantic Music (c. 1825-1900)

8797 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Lieder
8800 Founding of Mopti (c. 1800) - Griots
8803 Mitsuzaki Kengyo (c. 1803-1853)
8803 Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Orchestration
8809 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - Revivals
8810 Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) - Preludes
8810 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Symphony No. 4
8811 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Totentanz
8813 Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Music Dramas
8813 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Operas
8815 Daniel Decatur Emmett (1815-1904) - Dixie
8818 Charles Gounod (1818-1893) - Funeral March
8819 Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) - Can-Can
8825 Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) - Waltzes
8830 Afrikaaner Great Trek (c. 1830) - Wanderer's Song
8832 Creek Indian Removal to Oklahoma (1832)
8833 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Lullaby
8833 Alexander Borodin (1834-1887) - Strangers
8835 Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) - Carnival
8838 Georges Bizet (1838-1875) - Dangerous Liaisons
8839 Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) - Pictures
8840 Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
8841 Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - New World
8842 Eliphalet Oram Lyte (1842-1913) - Row, Row
8843 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
8844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
8854 Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
8854 John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) - Marches
8858 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - Operas
8860 Northern/Southern Arapaho Split (c. 1860)
8860 Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - Symphonies
8862 Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
8864 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Tone Poems
8865 Paul Dukas (1865-1935) - Sorcerer's Apprentice
8865 Jan Sibelius (1865-1957) - Symphonies
8866 Erik Satie (1866-1925)
8867 Mining in South Africa (1867) - Gumboot Dance
8868 Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

20th-Century Music (c. 1900-2000)

8870 Sol Bloom (1870-1949) - Snake Charmer
8871 Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
8872 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
8873 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
8873 W.C. Handy (1873-1958) - Blues
8874 Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
8874 Gustav Holst (1874-1934) - The Planets (1916)
8874 Charles Ives (1874-1954)
8875 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Pavane
8876 Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) - La Vida Breva
8879 Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) - Of Rome
8880 Mexico - Mariachi Music (c. 1880)
8880 Invention of the Ukelele (c. 1880)
8881 Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
8882 Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
8883 Anton Webern (1883-1945)
8883 Edgar Varèse (1883-1965)
8885 Alban Berg (1885-1935)
8885 Joe "King" Oliver (1885-1938) - Dippermouth
8887 Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) - Brasileiras
8888 Max Steiner (1888-1971) - Movie Music
8890 Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
8891 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
8892 Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) - Le Roi
8892 Ferde Grofe (1892-1972) - Grand Canyon Suite
8892 Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) - La Creation
8894 Bessie Smith (1894-1937) - Lost Yer Head Blues
8895 Carl Orff (1895-1982) - Carmina Burana (1936)
8896 Paul Hindemith (1896-1963)
8897 Wayan Limbak (1897-2003) - Ketjak (c. 1930)
8897 Henry Cowell (1897-1965) - Tone Clusters
8897 Adolph Deutsch (1897-1980) - Music Drama
8898 George Gershwin (1898-1937) - Rhapsody
8899 Belly Dancing First Attested in English (1899)
8899 Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
8899 Edward "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974)
8900 Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
8900 Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
8901 Frederick Loewe (1901-1988) - Musicals
8901 Harry Partch (1901-1976) - Microtonality
8901 Jester Hairston (1901-2000) - Elijah Rock (1955)
8901 Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
8901 Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) - Concierto
8902 William Walton (1902-1983)
8902 Meredith Willson (1902) - The Music Man (1957)
8902 Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
8903 Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) - Gayane
8903 Joe Garland (1903-1977) - In the Mood (1939)
8905 Harold Arlen (1905-1986) - The Wizard of Oz
8906 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
8907 Miklos Rosza (1907-1995) - Ben Hur (1959)
8908 Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) - Modes - Series
8910 Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
8911 Alan (Chakmakjian) Hovhaness (1911-2000)
8911 Joe Turner (1911-1985) - Shake, Rattle, and Roll
8911 Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
8912 John Cage (1912-1992)
8912 Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997) - Study No. 1 (1950)
8913 Muddy Waters (1913-1983)
8913 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
8915 Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
8917 Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) - Bebop Piano
8917 Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) - Bebop Trumpet
8918 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
8919 Nat King Cole (1919-1965) - Fly Right
8919 Alexander Courage (1919-2008) - Star Trek
8920 High Life (c. 1920) in Ghana and Nigeria
8920 Charlie Parker (1920-1955) - Bebop Sax
8920 Dave Brubeck (b. 1920) - Unsquare Dance
8921 Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
8922 Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004) - The Great Escape
8922 Neal Hefti (b. 1922) - Batman
8923 Fred Steiner (b. 1923) - Star Trek (1966)
8923 Gyorgy Ligeti (1922-2006) - Aventures
8924 Henry Mancini (1924-1994) - The Pink Panther
8924 Maurice Jarre (1924-2009)
8924 Paul Desmond (1924-1977) - Take Five
8925 Pierre Boulez (b. 1925) - Serialism
8925 Bill Haley (1925-1981) - See Ya Later, Alligator
8926 Miles Davis (1926-1991) - Miles Runs
8926 John Coltrane (1926-1967)
8926 Chuck Berry (b. 1926)
8928 Guido Haazen (c. 1928-2004) - Missa Luba (1958)
8928 Gerald Fried (b. 1928) - Star Trek: Amok Time
8928 Charles Strouse (b. 1928)
8928 Fats Domino (b. 1928) - Blueberry Hill
8928 Jerry Bock (b. 1928) - Fiddler on the Roof
8929 Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004)
8929 George Crumb (b. 1929)
8930 Ornette Coleman (b. 1930) - Free Jazz (1960)
8930 Lionel Bart (b. 1930) - Oliver! (1960)
8931 Development of Bollywood Film Industry (c. 1931)
8931 Tema Harbor Singers (b. c. 1931)
8931 University of Ghana Postal Workers (b. c. 1931)
8931 Jerry Herman (1931) - Hello, Dolly!
8932 John Williams (b. 1932)
8932 Johnny Cash (1932-2003) - Folsom Prison Blues
8932 Little Richard [Wayne Penniman] (b. 1932)
8933 James Brown (1933-2006)
8933 John Barry (b. 1933)
8933 Henryk Gorecki (b. 1933) - Symphony No. 3
8934 Zambia Kasai Singers (b. c. 1934)
8935 Elvis Presley (1935-1977) - Hound Dog (1956)
8935 Terry Riley (b. 1935)
8935 Arvo Part (b. 1935) - Canticle in Memory
8935 Jerry Lee Lewis (b. 1935)
8935 La Monte Young (b. 1935)
8936 Billy Roberts (b. 1936) - Hey Joe
8936 Buddy Holly (1936-1959)
8936 Steve Reich (b. 1936)
8937 Philip Glass (b. 1937)
8938 John Corigliano (b. 1938) - The Red Violin

8940 John Lennon (1940-1980) - The Beatles
8940 William Smokey Robinson (b. 1940) - Temptations
8940 Frank Zappa (1940-1993) - Invention
8941 Paul Kantner (b. 1941) - Jefferson...
8941 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) (b. 1941)
8941 Paul Simon (b. 1941) - Simon and Garfunkel
8942 Carole King (b. 1942) - Tapestry
8942 Aretha Franklin (b. 1942) - Respect
8942 Paul McCartney (b. 1942)
8942 Brian Wilson (b. 1942) - The Beach Boys
8942 Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) - Grateful Dead
8942 Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) - Smash Hits
8942 Andy Summers (b. 1942) - Mother
8942 Michael Nesmith (b. 1942) - The Monkees
8943 George Harrison (b. 1943) - Within
8943 Mick Jagger (b. 1943) - The Rolling Stones
8943 Roger Waters (b. 1943) - Pink Floyd
8943 Jim Morrison (1943-1971) - The Doors
8944 Sima Bina (b. 1944)
8944 Jimmy Page (b. 1944) - Led Zeppelin
8944 Michael Nyman (b. 1944)
8944 Diana Ross (b. 1944) - The Supremes
8945 Bob Marley (b. 1945) - Rastaman Vibration
8945 Eric Clapton (b. 1945) - Cream
8946 Robert Fripp (b. 1946) - King Crimson
8946 Howard Shore (b. 1946) - Lord of the Rings
8947 John Adams (b. 1947)
8947 David Bowie (David Robert Jones) (b. 1947)
8947 Tom Scholz (b. 1947) - Boston
8947 Elton John (Reginald Dwight) (b. 1947)
8947 Laurie Anderson (b. 1947) - Big Science
8947 Carlos Santana (b. 1947)
8947 Gregg Allman (b. 1947) - Whipping Post
8948 Donald Fagen (b. 1948) - Steely Dan
8948 Ronnie Van Zant (1948-1977) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
8948 Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948) - Godspell (1971)
8948 Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)
8948 Brian Eno (b. 1948)
8948 Ian Paice (b. 1948) - Deep Purple
8949 Ric Ocasek (b. 1949) - The Cars
8949 Kerry Livgren (b. 1949) - Kansas
8950 Peter Gabriel (b. 1950
8950 Peter Frampton (b. 1950)
8950 Stevie Wonder (b. 1950)
8950 Mark Mothersbaugh (b. 1950) - Devo
8951 Dewey Bunnell (b. 1951) - America
8951 Sting (Gordon Sumner) (b. 1951) - The Police
8952 David Byrne (b. 1952) - Talking Heads
8953 Richard Page (b. 1953) - Mr. Mister
8953 Danny Elfman (b. 1953)
8953 Geddy Lee (b. 1953) - Rush
8955 Eddie Van Halen (b. 1955) - Van Halen
8955 Thomas Newman (b. 1955)
8956 Johnny Rotten (b. 1956) - The Sex Pistols
8957 Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
8957 Tan Dun (b. 1957)
8958 Erling Wold (b. 1958)
8958 Prince (b. 1958) - Purple Rain
8958 Madonna (b. 1958)
8958 Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
8959 Hal Hartley (b. 1959)
8960 Bono (Paul David Hewson, b. 1960) - U2
8962 Axl Rose (b. 1962) - Guns N' Roses
8963 James Hetfield (b. 1963) - Metallica
8964 Joseph "Run" Simmons (b. 1964) - Run-D.M.C.
8965 Dr. Dre (b. 1965)
8967 Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) - Nirvana
8968 Steven Clark (b. 1968)
8968 Michael Romeo (b. 1968)
8968 Thom Yorke (b. 1968) - Radiohead

21st-Century Music (c. 2000-2014)

8970 Queen Latifah (b. Dana Elaine Owens, 1970)
8970 Michael Cooke (b. 1970)
8971 Nathan Morris (b. 1971) - Boyz II Men
8972 Eminem (b. 1972)
8976 Ben Gibbard (b. 1976) - Death Cab for Cutie
8977 Kanye West (b. 1977)
8986 Lady Gaga (b. 1986)
8986 Ryan Ross (b. 1986) - Panic! at the Disco

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