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 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