Timeline of trends in music (1800-1899)
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- 1801
- The Easy Instructor by William Smith and William Little is published for choral schools, leading to the shape note tradition
- 1802
- 1803
- Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, the Eroica, marks the beginning of the Romantic period
- "San Pasqual Bailón," the earliest surviving Cuban contradanza appears
- 1806
- Juan Domingo Juarros, a Spanish historian, writes the first written description of the marimba in his Compendium of the History of Guatemala
- 1807
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is written; this is perhaps the most popular classical symphony ever
- 1808
- The quadrille is introduced to England
- 1814
- The metronome is invented
- 1817
- Congo Square in New Orleans becomes a hotbed of musical fusionism, uniting dances from across North America and the Caribbean
- 1820
- Organization opposition by whites to Congo Square leads to a decline in the institution
- 1821
- Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber debuts, marking the beginning of his primacy in German opera
- 1826
- The Slave Consolidation Act reaffirms the ban on Barbadian slaves using the horn or drums, or participating in dances
- 1829
- c. 1830
- "Jump Jim Crow" by Thomas Rice becomes popular in the United States
- The growth of Carnival in Trinidad begins, leading to the development of calypso music
- The Great Awakening (a religious revival) sweeps the United States, inspiring slaves to use their own vocal styles with English hymns; these songs are called negro spirituals
- The shape note tradition becomes popular in the American South
- 1834
- c. 1835
- 1835
- The first music conservatory in Switzerland opens in Geneva
- Elias Lönnrot's collection of runolaulu traditional Finnish song, the Kalevala is first published
- 1836
- "La Pimienta" is the earliest habanera
- Maria Severa's performance of a fado for the Comte de Vimisio causes him to fall in love with her and an ensuing public controversy; this is the earliest certain example of fado's existence
- 1838
- 1839
- Barzaz-Breizh, the first collection of Breton folk song, is published
- "Te voglio bene assaie" is written; this is often said to be the beginning of canzone napoletana
- 1840
- Frank Ferdinand becomes very popular in Mid-West America
- Harmonium invented
- Raab, a teacher, popularizes the polka in Paris after performing at the Odéon Theatre
- c. 1840
- The danza is invented in Puerto Rico
- The banjo becomes popular in the United States due to the minstrel show
- 1841
- Adolphe Sax invents the saxophone
- 1844
- B. F. White and E. J. King publish The Sacred Harp, the foundation for modern Sacred Harp music
- 1848
- c. 1850
- UPA moves from Cuba and Puerto Rico to other Caribbean islands, most importantly Hispaniola
- Minstrel shows become a major part of Australian music during the gold rush
- 1852
- Fredrik Pacius publishes the first Finnish opera
- The earliest known appearance of mariachi music in Mexico
- 1854
- Franz Liszt invents the symphonic poem
- 1859
- The Russian Music Society is founded to encourage appreciation of classical music, especially from Germany; composers and brothers Antonin and Nikolay Rubinstein were among the most influential figures of this period.
- c.1860
- Brass bands begin their period of innovation and popularization in the United States
- Sebastian Yradier's "La Paloma" leads to greater popularity for the habanera in Mexico and the United States
- 1860
- Indian musicians move to the royal court in Kabul, Afghanistan, bringing their musical influences
- The rise of the Pocomania and Revival Zion churches in Jamaica influences developing folk forms across the island
- The bandoneon was invented in Germany
- 1865
- Ernest Gagnon publishes the first collection of traditional Quebecois folk songs
- 1866
- Celesta invented
- 1867
- Slave Songs From the Southern United States is published and helps to set the stage for the popularization of African American music which enters the mainstream in the following century
- 1868
- The Meiji Restoration revolutionizes and democratizes Japanese music
- 1869
- The golden age of flamenco is usually said to begin
- c. 1870
- Christian missionaries bring gospel music to Australian Aborigines
- Choro is invented in Rio de Janeiro
- Tin Pan Alley begins to dominate popular music in the US
- Danzon and rumba both evolve in Havana
- 1870
- A Hindustani theater group, Elphinstone, comes to Colombo, and Hindustani theater and song soon dominates the island of Sri Lanka
- 1871
- African-American spirituals are popular in Europe, even being played for Queen Victoria, who is said to have been moved to tears by the performance
- 1874
- Society for Culture and Education is founded in Finland
- 1876
- Richard Wagner's cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen debuts at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus
- 1877
- Thomas Edison invents the first machine to record sound
- 1878
- N'Dusseldorf forms in Vienna, soon becoming the pioneers of modern schrammelmusik
- 1879
- The Cuban danzon is first danced
- 1880
- John Paine's In Spring is the first symphony published in the US
- Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado premiers
- Spanish zarzuela is introduced to the Philippines
- The Canboulay Riots in Trinidad led to the British banning some forms of celebration during Carnival
- c.1880
- A gold rush prompts large-scale Caribbean immigration to Venezuela, leading to the development of a distinctive style of Trinidadian calypso referred to as Venezuelan calipso.
- Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe begin a period of large-scale immigration to the United States, establishing North America as the hub of klezmer music
- The Ghost Dance spreads from Paiute Native Americans in Nevada to other tribes across the United States
- Auvergnat bal-musette is popular in Paris
- Miguel Failde helps invent habanera music out of danzón
- 1882
- 1884
- 1888
- Charles Ives' Variations on America is the first polytonal piece of music
- 1889
- The highly influential and popular Barbadian police band is formed
- c. 1890
- Jean Sibelius' Kullervo inspires a rise in Finnish nationalism, greatly influencing music in his native land
- The sabha (paying classical concert performances) associations begin to shift from music into dance
- The accordion is introduced to Mexico by Bohemian immigrants
- Uilleann pipes are introduced to Ireland in their modern form
- Augusto Hilario pioneers student fado at Coimbra University
- 1892
- Tin Pan Alley, the area around Union Square in New York City, becomes the center for sheet music publishing in the United States
- 1895
- The National Czecho-Slavonic Ethnographical Exhibition is held in Prague, leading to a revival of traditional music and nationalist pride
- Béla Vikár makes the first recordings of Hungarian folk music
- Perhaps the first modern jazz band, the Spasm Band, performs in New Orleans
- 1896
- Ragtime and cakewalk are popularized in the United States
- Nicholas Bennett's Alawon Fy Nghwlad, a compilation of traditional Welsh songs, is published; this, along with the formation of London-based Welsh Societies, is part of a revival of Welsh folk music
- 1897
- Ethnographer Rybakov S.G. writes Music and Songs of the Ural's Muslims and Studies of Their Way of Life, the first scholarly description of Bashkir music
- 1898
- F. Myers made some of the first field recordings ever in Papua New Guinea
- 1899