Subcategories - Composers, Songwriters

  1. Aaron Copland
  2. Adam de la Halle
  3. Alban Berg
  4. Aleksandr Borodin
  5. Alessandro Scarlatti
  6. Amahl and the Night Visitors Premieres on American Television
  7. Andrea Gabrieli
  8. Andrés Segovia
  9. Anton Bruckner
  10. Anton von Webern
  11. Antonio Vivaldi
  12. Arcangelo Corelli
  13. Armstrong First Records with His Hot Five Group
  14. Arnold Schoenberg
  15. ASCAP Forms to Protect Writers and Publishers of Music
  16. ASCAP Is Founded to Protect Musicians’ Rights
  17. August Strindberg
  18. Bach Pioneers Modern Music
  19. Bartók and Kodály Begin to Collect Hungarian Folk Songs
  20. The Beatles
  21. The Beatles Release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  22. The Beatles Revolutionize Popular Music
  23. Béla Bartók
  24. Benjamin Britten
  25. Benny Goodman
  26. Berg’s Lulu Opens in Zurich
  27. Berg’s Wozzeck Premieres in Berlin
  28. Bernstein Joins Symphonic and Jazz Elements in West Side Story
  29. Berry’s “Maybellene” Popularizes Rock and Roll
  30. Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys Define Bluegrass Music
  31. Billie Holiday Begins Her Recording Career
  32. Boulanger Takes Copland as a Student
  33. Brecht and Weill Collaborate on Mahagonny Songspiel
  34. Carl Maria von Weber
  35. César Franck
  36. Charles Gounod
  37. Charles Ives
  38. Charlie Parker
  39. Christoph Gluck
  40. Claude Debussy
  41. Claudio Monteverdi
  42. Cole Porter
  43. Darius Milhaud
  44. Davis’ Birth of the Cool Recordings Spawn 1950’s Cool Jazz
  45. Davis’ Bitches Brew Vitalizes Jazz-Rock Fusion
  46. Dizzy Gillespie
  47. Dmitri Shostakovich
  48. Duke Ellington
  49. Dylan Performs with Electric Instruments
  50. Edgard Varèse