Arts in the Age of Discovery
Music & Art
During the Age of Discovery, European music and art underwent a radical transformation influenced by global expansion, trade, and cultural exchanges. The Renaissance gave way to the Baroque era, bringing dynamic expression, dramatic contrast, and complex structure. Visual arts depicted new worlds, maps, and exotic flora and fauna, while sacred and secular music evolved through groundbreaking developments in polyphony and counterpoint across Europe.
People
Birth
Death
Origin
Age (Death)
| 1577 | |
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| 1585 | |
| 1637 | |
| 1653 | |
| 1668 | |
| 1681 | |
| 1685 | |
| 1687 |
Timeline
| Category | |
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| Element |
| Year | Music & Art |
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| 1566 |
Beeldenstorm (Iconoclastic Fury in the Netherlands)
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| 1568 | |
| 1577 |
Birth of Peter Paul Rubens (Period: June 28, 1577, Location: Siegen (Germany, present-day North Rhine-Westphalia))
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| 1585 |
Birth of Heinrich Schütz (Period: October 8, 1585 (baptized October 9), Location: Bad Köstritz (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
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| 1598 |
Establishment as an independent painter in Antwerp (Peter Paul Rubens)
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel's Discovery of Talent (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1599 |
Education at the Kassel Court School (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1600 |
Stay in Italy and study of art (Peter Paul Rubens)
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| 1608 |
Return to Antwerp and appointment as court painter (Peter Paul Rubens)
Legal Studies in Marburg (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1609 |
Music Studies with Giovanni Gabrieli (Heinrich Schütz)
Marriage (Peter Paul Rubens, Isabella Brant)
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| 1613 |
Appointment as Kassel Court Organist (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1615 |
Transfer to the Dresden Court (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1617 |
Appointment as Kapellmeister of the Electorate of Saxony Court (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1618 | |
| 1619 |
Publication of *Psalmen Davids*
Marriage (Heinrich Schütz, Magdalena Wildeck)
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| 1621 |
End of the Twelve Years' Truce
Execution of the Marie de' Medici cycle
Activities as a diplomat (Peter Paul Rubens)
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| 1627 |
Performance of *Dafne*
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| 1628 |
Second Stay in Venice (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1630 |
Conferment of knighthoods by Spain and England (Peter Paul Rubens)
Decline of Dresden Court Music Activities Due to the Thirty Years' War
Treaty of Madrid
Marriage (Peter Paul Rubens, Helena Fourment)
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| 1633 |
Activities at the Copenhagen Court (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1635 |
Purchase of Het Steen castle (Peter Paul Rubens)
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| 1637 |
Birth of Dieterich Buxtehude (Period: c. 1637 (exact date unknown), Location: Helsingborg (present-day Skåne County, Sweden). However, theories also name Oldesloe (present-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) or Helsingør (present-day Denmark) as his birthplace.)
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| 1640 |
Death of Peter Paul Rubens
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| 1643 |
Torstenson War
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| 1648 |
End of the Thirty Years' War
Publication of *Geistliche Chormusik*
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| 1653 |
Birth of Johann Pachelbel (Period: September 1, 1653 (date of baptism), Location: Nuremberg (present-day Bavaria, Germany))
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| 1655 |
Appointment as Kapellmeister of the Wolfenbüttel Court (Heinrich Schütz)
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| 1657 |
First Dano-Swedish War
Organist Activities in Helsingborg (Dieterich Buxtehude)
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| 1658 |
Second Dano-Swedish War
Incorporation of Scania into Sweden
Treaty of Roskilde
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| 1660 |
Appointment as Organist of St. Mary's Church in Helsingør (Dieterich Buxtehude)
Music Education in Nuremberg (Johann Pachelbel)
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| 1668 |
Development of the Abendmusiken
Transfer to St. Mary's Church in Lübeck (Dieterich Buxtehude)
Appointment as Organist of St. Mary's Church in Lübeck (Dieterich Buxtehude)
Marriage (Dieterich Buxtehude, Anna Margarethe Tunder)
Birth of Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt (Period: November 14, 1668, Location: Genoa (present-day Liguria, Italy))
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| 1669 |
Expansion of Musical Facilities at St. Mary's Church
Organist Activities in Altdorf (Johann Pachelbel)
Enrollment at the University of Altdorf (Johann Pachelbel)
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| 1670 |
Music Studies in Regensburg (Johann Pachelbel)
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| 1672 |
Death of Heinrich Schütz
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| 1673 |
Establishment of the Abendmusiken
Activities as Organist of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna (Johann Pachelbel)
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| 1677 |
Appointment as Eisenach Court Organist (Johann Pachelbel)
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| 1678 |
Performances of Sacred and Dramatic Works (Dieterich Buxtehude)
Appointment as Organist of the Predigerkirche in Erfurt (Johann Pachelbel)
Interactions with the Johann Sebastian Bach Family
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| 1680 |
Studies in Architecture and Military Engineering in Rome (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
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| 1681 |
Birth of Georg Philipp Telemann (Period: March 14, 1681, Location: Magdeburg (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany))
Marriage (Johann Pachelbel, Barbara Gabler)
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| 1683 |
Plague Epidemic in Erfurt
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| 1684 |
Marriage (Johann Pachelbel, Juditha Drommer)
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| 1685 |
Death of Father Heinrich Telemann (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Birth of Johann Sebastian Bach (Period: March 21, 1685 (Julian calendar; March 31 in Gregorian calendar), Location: Eisenach (Thuringia, Germany))
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| 1687 |
Birth of Johann Balthasar Neumann (Period: January 27, 1687, Location: Cheb, Czech Republic (formerly Eger))
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| 1688 |
Nine Years' War
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| 1690 |
Appointment as Stuttgart Court Musician (Johann Pachelbel)
Family Opposition to Musical Career (Georg Philipp Telemann)
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| 1692 |
French Invasion and Entry into Stuttgart
Appointment as Organist of Gotha (Johann Pachelbel)
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| 1694 |
School Education in Zellerfeld (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Death of Parents and Relocation to Ohrdruf (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Attendance at the Wedding of Johann Christoph Bach (Johann Pachelbel)
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| 1695 |
Invitation by the City of Nuremberg as Organist for St. Sebaldus Church
Appointment as Organist of St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg (Johann Pachelbel)
Military Service in the Piedmont Campaign (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
Activities as Military Engineer for the Imperial Army (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
Construction of Prince Eugene's Winter Palace
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| 1696 |
Relocation to Vienna (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
End of the Piedmont Campaign via the Treaty of Vigevano
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| 1697 |
Education at the Andreanum in Hildesheim (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Construction of Schwarzenberg Palace
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| 1699 |
Publication of *Hexachordum Apollinis*
Rivalry with Fischer von Erlach for the Position of Court Architect (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
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| 1700 |
Great Northern War
Studies at St. Michael's School in Lüneburg (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Appointment as Court Engineer (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
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| 1701 |
Transition to Musician in Leipzig (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Legal Studies at Leipzig University (Georg Philipp Telemann)
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| 1702 |
Formation of Connection with St. Thomas Church in Leipzig (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Establishment of the Collegium Musicum
Construction of Schloss Hof
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| 1703 |
Visit by George Frideric Handel and Johann Mattheson
Appointment as Organist in Arnstadt (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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| 1704 |
Appointment as Organist of the Neue Kirche in Leipzig (Georg Philipp Telemann)
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| 1705 |
Johann Sebastian Bach's Visit to Lübeck
Appointment as Kapellmeister of the Sorau Court (Georg Philipp Telemann)
The Geyersbach Incident in Arnstadt (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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| 1706 |
Death of Johann Pachelbel
Marriage (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Franziska Johanna Perpetua Geist)
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| 1707 |
Mühlhausen Period and First Marriage (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Death of Dieterich Buxtehude
Marriage (Johann Sebastian Bach, Maria Barbara Bach)
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| 1708 |
Appointment as Kapellmeister of the Eisenach Court (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Period as Weimar Court Organist and Concertmaster (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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| 1709 |
Marriage (Georg Philipp Telemann, Amalie Louise Juliane Eberlin)
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| 1711 |
Appointment as Director of the Court Building Office (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
Relocation to Würzburg (Johann Balthasar Neumann)
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| 1712 |
Appointment as City Music Director of Frankfurt (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Enlistment in the Würzburg Artillery (Johann Balthasar Neumann)
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| 1713 |
Construction of Kinsky Palace
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| 1714 |
Becoming Godfather to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Construction of the Lower Belvedere
Marriage (Georg Philipp Telemann, Maria Catharina Textor)
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| 1715 |
Establishment of the Telemann Publishing House
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| 1716 |
Premiere of the Brockes Passion
Austro-Turkish War
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| 1717 |
Period as Kapellmeister of the Köthen Court (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Resignation and Detention Incident in Weimar (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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| 1719 |
Commencement of Construction on the Würzburg Residence
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| 1720 |
Financial and Family Crisis in Hamburg (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Death of Maria Barbara and Remarriage (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Elevation to Imperial Nobility (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
Involvement in the Würzburg Residence (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
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| 1721 |
Appointment as Music Director of the Five Principal Churches in Hamburg (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Construction of the Upper Belvedere
Construction of the Schönborn Chapel
Marriage (Johann Sebastian Bach, Anna Magdalena Wilcke)
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| 1722 |
Application and Withdrawal for the Thomaskantor Position in Leipzig (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Direction of the Hamburg Opera (Georg Philipp Telemann)
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| 1723 |
Appointment as Thomaskantor in Leipzig (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Appointment as First Court Architect (Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt)
Study Trip to France for Architecture (Johann Balthasar Neumann)
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| 1724 |
Premiere of the *St John Passion*
Cancellation of the Mädelhofen Hunting Lodge Project
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| 1725 |
Marriage (Johann Balthasar Neumann, Maria Eva Engelberts)
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| 1727 |
Premiere of the *St Matthew Passion*
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| 1730 |
Conflict with Leipzig City Authorities over Musical Environment and Duties (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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| 1731 |
Architectural Education at the University of Würzburg (Johann Balthasar Neumann)
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| 1733 |
Dedication of the Main Portions of the *Mass in B minor*
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| 1736 |
The "Prefect Dispute" with St. Thomas School Rector Johann August Ernesti (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Appointment as Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court Composer (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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| 1737 |
Stay in Paris (Georg Philipp Telemann)
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| 1740 |
Late Compositional Activities and Theoretical Studies (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Composition of *The Art of Fugue*
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| 1743 |
Design of the Pilgrimage Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
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| 1745 |
Death of Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt
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| 1747 |
*The Musical Offering*
Design of Neresheim Abbey Church
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| 1748 |
Deterioration of Sight and Eye Surgery (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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| 1750 |
Death of Johann Sebastian Bach
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| 1753 |
Death of Johann Balthasar Neumann
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| 1767 |
Death of Georg Philipp Telemann
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| Unknown |
Relocation to Weissenfels in Later Years (Heinrich Schütz, Period: Late 17th Century, Location: Weissenfels (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany))
Apprenticeship as a Gunsmith and Foundryman (Johann Balthasar Neumann, Period: Late 17th Century–Early 18th Century, Location: Eger)
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