Music history: what do pictures tell us?
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Musical instruments in ancient Greek art: click here -
Musical instruments from the medieval Cantigas de Santa Maria: click here
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1320: Heinrich von Meissen: click here
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1350: Beautiful sounds in the Trecento: click here
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1450: Organic composing by Guillaume Du Fay: click here
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1500: Prolation canon: click here
- 1547: Heinrich Glareanus, Dodecachordon: click here
- 1465: Pythagoras and Alberti: click here
- 1611: Parthenia: click here
- 1722: Rameau, Traité de l'harmonie: click here
- 1747: Bach, a homo mathematicus: click here
- 1765: Boccherini, cello virtuoso: click here
- 1840: Berlioz, l'Homme orchestre: click here
- 1900: Tosca of Puccini, a verismo opera: click here