- Timeline of trends in German music
Time line for Music of Germany
**1523
Bavarian State Orchestra founded
**1571Michael Praetorius born
**1586Jacob Praetorius born* The Seventeenth Century
**1616Johann Jakob Froberger born
**1651Jacob Praetorius died
**1653Johann Pachelbel born
**1667Johann Jakob Froberger died
**1667Michael Praetorius died
**1680Pachelbel's Canon written
**1681Georg Philipp Telemann born
**1685Johann Sebastian Bach born
**1690Charles Theodore Pachelbel born
**1697Johann Joachim Quantz born* The Eighteenth Century
**1706Johann Pachelbel died
**1707 "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 " (JS Bach) written
**1710Wilhelm Friedemann Bach born
**1719Leopold Mozart born
**1721 "Brandenburg concertos Nos 2, 3 and 5" (JS Bach) written
**1723Carl Friedrich Abel born
**1723 "Magnificat in D" (JS Bach) written
**1724 "Johannes Passion " (JS Bach) written
**1727 "St Matthew Passion (Bach) " written
**1734 "Christmas Oratorio " (JS Bach) written
**1735Johann Schobert born
**1737Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
**1741 "Harpsichord concertos (J. S. Bach) " (BWV 1052, 1055, 1061) written
**1742Berlin State Opera founded
**1745Carl Stamitz born
**1746Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer died
**1749 "Mass in B Minor " (JS Bach) written
**1750Johann Sebastian Bach died
**1750Charles Theodore Pachelbel died
**1756Johann Gottlieb Goldberg died
**1767Georg Philipp Telemann died
**1767Johann Schobert died
**1770Ludwig van Beethoven born
**1781Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra founded
**1784Wilhelm Friedemann Bach died
**1784Louis Spohr born
**1786Carl Maria von Weber born
**1787Carl Friedrich Abel died
**1787Leopold Mozart died
**1791Giacomo Meyerbeer born
**1793Johann Joachim Quantz died
**1799 "Piano Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven) " written* The Nineteenth Century
**1801Carl Stamitz died
**1801Albert Lortzing born
**1801 "Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven) " written
**1803 "Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven) " written
**1803 "Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) " written
**1805 "Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven) " written
**1806 "Violin Concerto (Beethoven) " written
**1807 "Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven) " written
**1808 "Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven) " written
**1808 "Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) " written
**1809 "String Quartet No. 10 (Beethoven) " written
**1809 "Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven) " written
**1810Robert Schumann born
**1810Carl Otto Nicolai born
**1812Friedrich von Flotow born
**1812 "Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven) " written
**1813Richard Wagner born
**1814 "Fidelio " (Beethoven) written
**1818 "Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven) " written
**1819Clara Schumann born
**1821 "Der Freischütz " (Carl Maria von Weber) written
**1822 "Missa Solemnis (Beethoven) " written
**1824 "Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) " written
**1825 "String Quartet No. 15 (Beethoven) " written
**1825 "Große Fuge " (Beethoven) written
**1826 "String Quartet No. 16 (Beethoven) " written
**1826Carl Maria von Weber died
**1827Ludwig van Beethoven died
**1833Johannes Brahms born
**1835 "Carnaval (Schumann) " written
**1838Max Bruch born
**1840Hermann Goetz born
**1842 "Der Wildschütz " (Lortzing) written
**1845 "Piano Concerto (Schumann) " written
**1847 "Martha (opera) " (Flowtow) written
**1849 "The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera) " (Nicolai) written
**1849Carl Otto Nicolai died
**1850Robert Schumann died
**1851Albert Lortzing died
**1854Engelbert Humperdinck born
**1854 "Das Rheingold " (Wagner) written
**1856 "Die Walküre " (Wagner) written
**1859 "Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms) " written
**1859Louis Spohr died
**1861 "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel " (Brahms) written
**1861 "Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor" (Brahms) written
**1864Giacomo Meyerbeer died
**1864Richard Strauss born
**1864Eugen d'Albert born
**1865 "Tristan und Isolde " (Wagner) written
**1867 "Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch) " (revised) written
**1868 "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg " (Wagner) written
**1868 "Ein deutsches Requiem " (Brahms) written
**1869Siegfried Wagner born
**1871 "Schicksalslied " (Brahms) written
**1872Bayreuth Festspielhaus founded
**1873Max Reger born
**1876 "Götterdämmerung " (Wagner) written
**1876 "Siegfried (opera) " (Wagner) written
**1876 "Symphony No. 1 (Brahms) " written
**1877 "Symphony No. 2 (Brahms) " written
**1878 "Violin Concerto (Brahms) " written
**1878Hermann Goetz died
**1880 "Academic Festival Overture " (Brahms) written
**1881 "Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms) " written
**1882Berlin Philharmonic founded
**1883Friedrich von Flotow died
**1883Richard Wagner died
**1885 "Symphony No. 4 (Brahms) " written
**1886 "Aus Italien " (Richard Strauss) written
**1888 "Don Juan (Strauss) " written
**1889 "Death and Transfiguration " (Richard Strauss) written
**1891 "Hänsel und Gretel (opera) " (Engelbert Humperdinck) written
**1895Carl Orff born
**1895Paul Hindemith born
**1895 "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks " (Richard Strauss) written
**1896Clara Schumann died
**1896 "Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss) " written
**1897Johannes Brahms died
**1898 "Ein Heldenleben " (Richard Strauss) written* The Twentieth Century
**1900Kurt Weill born
**1905 "Salome (opera) " (Richard Strauss) written
**1909 "Elektra (opera) " (Richard Strauss) written
**1910 "Der Rosenkavalier " (Richard Strauss) written
**1911Deutsche Oper Berlin founded
**1912 "Ariadne auf Naxos " (Richard Strauss) written
**1916Max Reger died
**1920Max Bruch died
**1921Engelbert Humperdinck died
**1926Hans Werner Henze born
**1928Karlheinz Stockhausen born
**1930Siegfried Wagner died
**1930 "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny " (Weill) written
**1932Eugen d'Albert died
**1937 "Carmina Burana (Orff) " written
**1945North German Radio Symphony Orchestra founded
**1949Richard Strauss died
**1949Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra founded
**1950Kurt Weill died
**1963Paul Hindemith died
**1970 "Yeti (album) " (Amon Düül II ) released
**1971 "Tago Mago " (Can (band) ) released
**1972 "Faust So Far " (Faust (band) ) released
**1974 "Autobahn (album) " (Kraftwerk ) released
**1977 "Trans-Europe Express (album) " (Kraftwerk) released
**1982Carl Orff died
**2007Karlheinz Stockhausen died
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