Timeline of trends in British music

Timeline of trends in British music.

    • 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 [...] 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