Updated Timeline In Music Education

Pre-1600's

Mesomedes of Crete

2nd Centura AD

Guido d'Arezzo

c. 991–992 – after 1033

Hildegard von Bingen

c. 1098 – 17 September 1179

Vicente Lusitano

c. 1520 – c. 1561

Vittoria (Raffaella) Aleotti

c. 1575 – after 1620

Pre-1600s

1600's

Muthu Thandavar

1525–1600 CE

Barbara Strozzi

6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677

Alessandro Scarlatti

2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725

Henry Purcell

c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695

Antonio Vivaldi

4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741

1600s

1700's

George Frederic Handel*

23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759

Johann Sebastian Bach

31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778

Franz Joseph Haydn

31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

27 January 1756–5 December 1791

1700s

1800's

Ludwig van Beethoven

17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827

Sarah Anna Glover

13 November 1786–20 October 1867

Franz Peter Schubert

31 January 1797–19 November 1828

Fanny Mendelssohn

14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847

Frederic Chopin

1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849

1800s

1800's

Franz Liszt

22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886

Richard Wagner

22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883

Rev. John Curwen

14 November 1816 – 26 May 1880

Giuseppe Verdi

10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901

Camille Saint-Saëns*

9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921

1800's

Queen Lili'uokalani

2 September 1838 – 11 November 1917

Modest Mussorgsky

21 March 1839 – 28 March 1881

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky*

7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893

Antonín Dvořák

8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904

Edvard Grieg

15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907

1800's

John Philip Sousa

November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932

Gustav Mahler*

7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911

Claude Debussy

22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918

Scott Joplin

c. 1868 – April 1, 1917

1800's

Ralph Vaughan Williams

12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958

Gustav Holst

21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934

Ottorino Resphigi

9 July 1879 – 18 April 1936

Igor Stravinsky

17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971

1800's

Ralph Vaughan Williams

12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958

Carl Nielsen

9 June 1865 - 3 October 1931

Gustav Holst

21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934

Ottorino Resphigi

9 July 1879 – 18 April 1936

Igor Stravinsky

17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971

1900's

Charles Ives

October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954

Florence Price

April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953

Juliette Nadia Boulanger

16 September 1887–22 October 1979

Sergei Prokofiev

27 April 1891 – 5 March 1953

George Gerswin

September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937

Aaron Copland

November 14, 1900–December 2, 1990

1900s

1900's

Louis Armstrong

August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971

John Cage

September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992

Leonard Bernstein*

August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990

Bo Diddley

December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008

2000's

Phillip Glass

born January 31, 1937

Karl Jenkins

born 17 February 1944

Herman Beeftink

born 1953

Martha Redbone

born 1966

Eric Whitacre

born January 2, 1970

Valerie Coleman

born 1970

2000s

Reflection (Updated):

Reflection

of Music Education

After reflecting on the limited diversity in the composers and musical influencers in my k12 education, and then adding to this list who I would like included, I have realized a few things:

• Not all the stories were told regarding these individuals. There are composers who I hadn't known much about, but the stories that are overlooked make them more human and more relatable.
• The figures in history we teach our students about shouldn't be limited to composers and musicians. The teachers and philosophers in music are just as important. Without their work, I don't believe any of the music we have today would exist.
• Looking for musicians from underrepresented groups, I've found music that is some times more accessible for my students, but the struggle is that often times there fewer recordings and resources. This work of filling in the gaps cannot be completed by music teachers alone. We need help.