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Timeline of trends in music (1800-1899)
- 1801
- The Easy Instructor by William Smith and William Little is published for choral schools, leading to the shape note tradition
- 1802
- The Garifunas arrive in Belize (then British Honduras) and soon develop paranda music
- 1803
- 1806
- Juan Domingo Juarros , a Spanish historian, writes the first written description of the marimba in his Compendium of the History of Guatemala
- 1807
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is written; this is perhaps the most popular classical symphony ever
- 1808
- 1814
- 1821
- 1826
- The Slave Consolidation Act reaffirms the ban on Barbadian slaves using the horn or drums, or participating in dances
- 1829
- c. 1830
- 1834
- Anna Slezak, a peasant girl in Labska Tynice in Eastern Bohemia is credited with the invention of the polka, based off the folk song "Strycek Nimra Koupil Simla"
- c. 1835
- 1835
- 1836
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- Maria Severa 's performance of a fado for the Comte de Vimisio causes him to fall in love with her and an ensuing public controversy; this is the earliest certain example of fado's existence
- 1838
- Indians begin arriving in the Caribbean, especially Trinidad, in large numbers
- Slavery is ended in Barbados, and former slaves begin to use music again, more openly
- 1839
- Barzaz-Breizh, the first collection of Breton folk song, is published
- "Te voglio bene assaie " is written; this is often said to be the beginning of canzone napoletana
- 1840
- c. 1840
- 1841
- 1844
- B. F. White and E. J. King publish The Sacred Harp , the foundation for modern Sacred Harp music
- 1848
- The Kalevala, a collection of traditional Finnish runolaulu , inspires a rise in Finnish nationalism
- c. 1850
- 1852
- 1854
- 1859
- The Russian Music Society is founded to encourage appreciation of classical music, especially from Germany; composers and brothers Antonin and Nikolay Rubinstein were among the most influential figures of this period.
- c.1860
- Brass bands begin their period of innovation and popularization in the United States
- Sebastian Yradier 's "La Paloma" leads to greater popularity for the habanera in Mexico and the United States
- 1860
- Indian musicians move to the royal court in Kabul, Afghanistan, bringing their musical influences
- The rise of the Pocomania and Revival Zion churches in Jamaica influences developing folk forms across the island
- The bandoneon was invented in Germany
- 1865
- Ernest Gagnon publishes the first collection of traditional Quebecois folk songs
- 1866
- 1867
- Slave Songs From the Southern United States is published and helps to set the stage for the popularization of African American music which enters the mainstream in the following century
- 1868
- 1869
- The golden age of flamenco is usually said to begin
- c. 1870
- 1870
- A Hindustani theater group, Elphinstone , comes to Colombo, and Hindustani theater and song soon dominates the island of Sri Lanka
- 1871
- 1874
- Society for Culture and Education is founded in Finland
- 1876
- 1877
- 1878
- N'Dusseldorf forms in Vienna, soon becoming the pioneers of modern schrammelmusik
- 1879
- The Cuban danzon is first danced
- 1880
- c.1880
- 1882
- 1884
- 1888
- 1889
- The highly influential and popular Barbadian police band is formed
- c. 1890
- 1892
- 1895
- The National Czecho-Slavonic Ethnographical Exhibition is held in Prague, leading to a revival of traditional music and nationalist pride
- Béla Vikár makes the first recordings of Hungarian folk music
- Perhaps the first modern jazz band, the Spasm Band , performs in New Orleans
- 1896
- Ragtime and cakewalk are popularized in the United States
- Nicholas Bennett 's Alawon Fy Nghwlad , a compilation of traditional Welsh songs, is published; this, along with the formation of London-based Welsh Societies , is part of a revival of Welsh folk music
- 1897
- Ethnographer Rybakov S.G. writes Music and Songs of the Ural's Muslims and Studies of Their Way of Life , the first scholarly description of Bashkir music
- 1898
- 1899
Last updated: 06-02-2005 11:10:58
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