Timeline of trends in British music
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Timeline of trends in British music.
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- c 1490 John Taverner born
- c 1505 Thomas Tallis born
- c 1540 William Byrd born
- 1545 John Taverner died
- c 1557 Thomas Morley born
- c 1562 John Bull (composer) born
- 1563 John Dowland born
- 1570 Spem in alium (Tallis) written
- 1572 Thomas Tomkins born
- 1574 John Wilbye born
- 1576 Thomas Weelkes born
- 1583 Orlando Gibbons born
- 1585 Thomas Tallis died
- The Seventeenth Century
- 1602 Thomas Morley died
- 1604 Lachrimae (Dowland) written
- 1605 Ave verum corpus (Byrd) written
- 1612 Silver Swan (music) (Gibbons) written
- 1623 Thomas Weelkes died
- 1623 William Byrd died
- 1626 John Dowland died
- 1628 John Bull (composer) died
- 1638 John Wilbye died
- 1625 Orlando Gibbons died
- 1656 Thomas Tomkins died
- 1659 Henry Purcell born
- 1685 George Frideric Handel born
- 1689 Dido and Æneas (Purcell) written
- 1692 The Fairy-Queen (Purcell) written
- 1695 Henry Purcell died
- The Eighteenth Century
- 1717 Water Music (Handel) written
- 1727 Zadok the Priest (Handel) written
- 1736 Organ concerto op 4.1 (Handel) written
- 1741 Messiah (Handel) written
- 1749 Music for Royal Fireworks (Handel) written
- 1759 George Frideric Handel died
- 1782 John Field (composer) born
- The Nineteenth Century
- 1808 Michael William Balfe born
- 1809 Felix Mendelssohn born
- 1830 Hebrides Overture (Mendelssohn) written
- 1831 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mendelssohn) written
- 1837 John Field (composer) died
- 1840 John Stainer born
- 1842 Arthur Sullivan born
- 1842 Incidental Music to a Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn) written
- 1844 Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) written
- 1847 Felix Mendelssohn died
- 1848 Hubert Parry born
- 1852 Charles Villiers Stanford born
- 1857 Edward Elgar born
- 1860 The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert and Sullivan) written
- 1862 Frederick Delius born
- 1870 Michael William Balfe died
- 1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams born
- 1874 Gustav Holst born
- 1879 Frank Bridge born
- 1879 Herbert Hamilton Harty born
- 1883 Arnold Bax born
- 1885 The Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan) written
- 1892 Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 (Elgar) written
- 1899 Enigma Variations (Elgar) written
- The Twentieth Century
- 1900 Arthur Sullivan died
- 1901 Pomp and Circumstance Marches No 1 (Elgar) written
- 1901 John Stainer died
- 1902 William Walton born
- 1905 William Alwyn born
- 1905 Introduction and Allegro (Elgar) written
- 1906 Grace Williams born
- 1909 A Sea Symphony (Vaughan Williams) written
- 1910 Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (Vaughan williams) written
- 1912 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (Delius) written
- 1913 Benjamin Britten born
- 1914 The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams) written
- 1918 Hubert Parry died
- 1919 Cello Concerto (Elgar) written
- 1919 Tintagel (Bax) written
- 1919 George Shearing born
- 1921 Malcolm Arnold born
- 1921 Robert Simpson (composer) born
- 1924 Charles Villiers Stanford died
- 1925 Ron Goodwin born
- 1931 Belshazzar's Feast (Walton) written
- 1934 Edward Elgar died
- 1934 Frederick Delius died
- 1934 Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (Vaughan Williams) written
- 1934 Gustav Holst died
- 1936 A London Symphony (Vaughan Williams) written
- 1939 Trevor Watts born
- 1939 Dusty Springfield born
- 1940 John Lennon born
- 1941 Frank Bridge died
- 1941 Matinées musicales (Britten) written
- 1941 Herbert Hamilton Harty died
- 1943 Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams) written
- 1944 Karl Jenkins born
- 1944 John Tavener born
- 1944 Michael Nyman born
- 1945 John Rutter born
- 1945 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Britten) written
- 1946 Dave Holland born
- 1947 Keith Tippett born
- 1948 Brian Eno born
- 1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber born
- 1951 English Dances (Arnold) written
- 1952 The Midsummer Marriage (Tippett) written
- 1953 Arnold Bax died
- 1953 Patrick Doyle born
- 1959 Ralph Vaughan Williams died
- 1966 Revolver (album) (Beatles) released
- 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles) released
- 1968 The Beatles (album) released
- 1969 Abbey Road (album) (The Beatles) released
- 1969 Five Leaves Left (Nick Drake) released
- 1971 Led Zeppelin IV released
- 1971 Who's Next (The Who) released
- 1971 Paranoid (album) (Black Sabbath) released
- 1972 Exile on Main St. (Rolling Stones) released
- 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie) released
- 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) released
- 1974 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis) released
- 1975 Shepherd's Pipe Carol (Rutter) written
- 1975 A Night at the Opera (Queen album) released
- 1976 Benjamin Britten died
- 1977 Grace Williams died
- 1977 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols released
- 1979 London Calling (The Clash) released
- 1980 Closer (Joy Division album) released
- 1980 John Lennon died
- 1981 No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (Motörhead) released
- 1983 William Walton died
- 1983 Synchronicity (album) (The Police) released
- 1985 William Alwyn died
- 1986 The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths) released
- 1987 Symphony No 9 (Robert Simpson) written
- 1989 The Stone Roses (album) released
- 1991 Blue Lines (Massive Attack) released
- 1991 Screamadelica (Primal Scream) released
- 1994 Definitely Maybe (Oasis) released
- 1995 Adiemus (Jenkins) written
- 1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (Oasis) released
- 1997 Robert Simpson (composer) died
- 1997 OK Computer (Radiohead) released
- 1999 Dusty Springfield died
- The Twenty-first Century
- 2003 Ron Goodwin died
- 2004 Franz Ferdinand (album) released
- 2006 Malcolm Arnold died
