Time line for Music of France **fl c 1150s Léonin flourished **c 1201 Léonin died **fl c 1200 Pérotin flourished **1237 Adam de la Halle born **c 1280 Jeu de Robin et Marion (Adam de la Halle) written **1281 Philippe de Vitry born **1288 Adam de la Halle died * The Fourteenth Century **1300 Guillaume de Machaut born **1361 Philippe de Vitry died **1365 Messe de Nostre Dame (Guillaume de Machaut) written **1377 Guillaume de Machaut died **1397 Guillaume Dufay born * The Fifteenth Century **c 1400 Gilles Binchois born **1410 Johannes Ockeghem born **c 1430 Antoine Busnois born **c 1450 Josquin des Prez born **1452 Pierre de La Rue born **1460 Gilles Binchois died **1474 Guillaume Dufay died **c 1485 Clément Janequin born **1492 Antoine Busnois died **1497 Johannes Ockeghem died * The Sixteenth Century **1503 written **1515 Missa Pange lingua (Josquin) written **1521 Josquin des Prez died **1518 Pierre de La Rue died **1558 Clément Janequin died * The Seventeenth Century **1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully born **1643 Marc-Antoine Charpentier born **1656 Marin Marais born **1668 François Couperin born **1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau born **1676 written **1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully died **1690 Te Deum (Marc-Antoine Charpentier) written * The Eighteenth Century **1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier died **1714 Opéra-Comique established **1728 Marin Marais died **1733 François Couperin died **1736 Les Indes galantes (Rameau) written **1763 Étienne Méhul born **1764 Jean-Philippe Rameau died **1775 François-Adrien Boieldieu born **1782 Daniel Auber born **1791 Ferdinand Hérold born **1799 Fromental Halévy born * The Nineteenth Century **1803 Hector Berlioz born **1803 Adolphe Adam born **1817 Étienne Méhul died **1818 Charles Gounod born **1822 César Franck born **1823 Édouard Lalo born **1828 La Fille Mal Gardée (Ferdinand Hérold) written **1830 Symphonie fantastique (Berlioz) written **1833 Ferdinand Hérold died **1834 François-Adrien Boieldieu died **1835 Camille Saint-Saëns born **1836 Léo Delibes born **1838 Georges Bizet born **1841 Emmanuel Chabrier born **1842 Jules Massenet born **1843 Le Carnaval romain (Berlioz) written **1844 Charles-Marie Widor born **1845 Gabriel Fauré born **1848 born **1851 Vincent d'Indy born **1856 Adolphe Adam died **1858 Les Troyens (Berlioz) written **1859 ' (Gounod) written **1860 Gustave Charpentier born **1862 Fromental Halévy died **1862 Béatrice et Bénédict (Berlioz) written **1863 Les pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) written **1866 Erik Satie born **1862 Claude Debussy born **1869 Hector Berlioz died **1869 Albert Roussel born **1870 Coppélia (Delibes) written **1871 Daniel Auber died **1874 Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo) written **1875 Georges Bizet died **1875 Maurice Ravel born **1875 Carmen (Bizet) written **1877 ' (Saint-Saens) written **1879 Joseph Canteloube born **1881 Orchestre Lamoureux founded **1883 Edgard Varèse born **1883 España (Chabrier) written **1884 Manon (Massenet) written **1886 ' written **1886 Violin Sonata in A major (Franck) written **1887 Symphonie pour orgue No. 5 (Widor) written **1888 Gymnopédie No 1 (Satie) written **1888 Le roi d'Ys (Lalo) written **1890 Clair de Lune (Debussy) written **1891 Léo Delibes died **1890 ' written **1890 César Franck died **1892 Édouard Lalo died **1892 Darius Milhaud born **1893 Charles Gounod died **1894 Emmanuel Chabrier died **1894 Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy) written **1897 The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) written * The Twentieth Century **1900 ' (Gustave Charpentier) written **1903 ' written **1905 Introduction and Allegro (Ravel) written **1908 Olivier Messiaen born **1908 Stéphane Grappelli born **1908 Rapsodie espagnole (Ravel) written **1908 Golliwogg's Cakewalk (Debussy) written **1910 La fille aux cheveux de lin (Debussy) written **1912 Jules Massenet died **1912 Daphnis et Chloé (Ravel) written **1915 Édith Piaf born **1917 ' (Satie) written **1918 Claude Debussy died **1920 La Valse (Ravel) written **1921 Camille Saint-Saëns died **1924 Gabriel Fauré died **1925 Erik Satie died **1927 Amériques (Varese) written **1928 Boléro (Ravel) written **1930 Chants d'Auvergne (Canteloube) written **1931 Vincent d'Indy died **1931 ' written **1932 Concerto for Two Pianos (Poulenc) written **1933 died **1934 Jacques Loussier born **1937 Maurice Ravel died **1937 Charles-Marie Widor died **1937 Albert Roussel died **1938 Organ Concerto (Poulenc) written **1942 Jean-Luc Ponty born **1946 La Vie en rose (Piaf) released **1948 Turangalîla-Symphonie (Messiaen) written **1956 Gustave Charpentier died **1956 Non, je ne regrette rien (Piaf) released **1956 ' released **1957 Joseph Canteloube died **1963 Édith Piaf died **1965 Edgard Varèse died **1973 Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (Magma (band)) released **1974 Darius Milhaud died **1977 Enigmatic Ocean (Jean-Luc Ponty) released **1992 Olivier Messiaen died **1997 Stéphane Grappelli died