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Time Line
How to use the space-time conveyor. When a person, place or thing is "born"
and when they "die" are the only two absolute time pointes in any existance.
(As far as existEnce is concern, please refer to the philosophy index)
As such, only those entries are linked to text pages. Have a hunt around a
bit, Glenn. If you need assistence in any era, a library assistant will be
only too happy to assist you. Enjoy; Pizo.
4_000_000yago
"Four million years ago,
in Africa did we all stand".
Original Lucy declines v. lucrative offer from Hollywood,
instead contemplates the motion of certain bright lights
in the night sky and the concept that certain sounds
have rather a "musical" appeal. Notices that leaves
in a tree look significantly LESS GREEN when the sun
light is shine-ing through them, than when it is reflected
off of them. Wonders if the tribes will EVER stop waging
war based on teritorial disputes? The rest is (as we say
in the biz), history.
3_000_000yago
Speculation #202-1613g
Movement and sound are combined in a proto-dance which
quickly catches on. Whistling mainly used to imitate the wind.
Flute invented on a Thrusday, by Prisicilla Ogg while trying
to blow a bug out of a hollow twig. Z'rig Ogg (no relation)
invents mutli-toned drum when kicking a log that fell on
his great toe. First open-air concert features the Urg Sisters
trio, as well as "Moon Chant #7" by Oog K'Ffooa. First standing
ovation, following early stand-up comedy act by R'oos M'oos
rendering a particularly well done impersonation of Grandpa
Dweezle waking up in the morning.
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Native American music based on 5-tone scale, using
two octives. (So noted by learned "professors").
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on why Jesus could not be of the same "substance" as god. In 359,
the Council of Selucia condemns him and Emperor Constantius exiled
him to the wilderness of northeast Asia Minor. [Ref; Ency Brit, Vol 1, p.125]
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1000-A.D. New Millenium? Or simply the same old jelly roll,
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[Western Progress] - Hist of Philo Thought; essay (see map)
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1143: (on a Thursday) First Latin translation of the Koran
becomes available. What will the future forbode?
Refer to: [Western Progress] - Hist of Philo Thought; essay (see map)
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{-Hyper-Time By-pass to 1700BCE} (WARNING: Space Co-ordinates can NOT be fixed)
1742.01.26: Ludwig (Johann Frederich) Sievers (1742-1806) born in Hanover.
1746.09.26: Ludwig Ernst Gerber (1746-1819) born in Sondershausen.
1776.07.04: The great american experiment in self-government
and democracy gets big send off. Doomed to failure,
it is disolved some 224 years later when George the IIIrd is
crowned King. Alonzo the Boring is defeated at the battle of
Orange Cove, and William the Pretender is relegated to the
New City where a great fire will soon be burning that first
unites the world, but then the little corporal again causes
much grief in the name of agricultural reform. See: [Physiocrats]
1782: Ludwig Sievers publishes three harpsicord sonatas, Opus 1. (40 years old)
all of his other "sacred pieces" have been lost; refered to by
1770.12.17: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is born in Bonn.
1775: Ernst Ludwig Gerber succeeds his father as court organist in the court
of Prince Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
1789.06.17: The Creatio of the National Assembly of France
1791.03.06: Beethoven composes music for a "Ritterballet" (ballet in old style
German costume). It is produced by by the tallented and powerful
friend Count Ferdinand Waldstein. Some how, B's name is left off as the
composer of the music. The 20yo B, is not discouraged, much productive
work occurs as part of his involviment with the work at Mergentheim. A good
time is had by all under the leadership of B., serving as "Grand Master of the
Teutonic Order".
ce1800
1800.04.02: Beethoven's Symphony #1, in C performed.
1801: Beethoven's increasing deafness becomes more apparent and can no
longer be dismissed by him as being temporary due to chronic ill health.
The muses weep, and teers roll down an old poet's cheeks whle listinging to
Shostakovich's fifth sympony.
1803.04.05: Beethoven's Symphony #2, in D performed.
1803.05.25: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is born in Boston, MA.
1803.12.11: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869 born.
1805.04.07: Beethoven's Symphony #3, in E-flat performed.
1806.06.28: Ludwig (Johann Frederich) Sievers (1742-1806) dies in Magdeburg.
1807.03: Beethoven's Symphony #4, in B-flat performed.
1810.03.04: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) born in Zelazowa Wola.
1812-1814: Ernst Ludwig Gerber publishes his massive, 4-volume work
"tonkUnstler-lexikon". Possibly the most extensive reference
work on music and musical history of the time, included contributions by
J.F. Reichardt (1892), E.F.F. Chladni (1795), and much-expanded
from the original work by J.G. Walther (Leipzig, 1732). The work
exists somewhere (or at least copies of it), the original MS's
have become "collectible", last sold at auction in 1956 as
"Catalog Entry #54". C'est la vie.
1813.05.05: Søren Kierkegaard born in Copenhagen.
1817: Chopin's first composition.
1817.07.12: Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) born in Condord, Massachusetts.
1818: Chopin plays first concert at the private concert in Warsaw.
1819:06.30: Ernst Ludwig Gerber (1746-1819)] dies in Sondershausen.
1822.12.10: Cesar Frank (1822-1890) born.
1826: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) enters Le Sueur's
class in Composition and Reicha's class for counterpoint and
fugue at the Paris Conservatory. Later (on a Tuesday, around tea time, as I
recall ;) he will invent the "Tone Poem".
1827.03.26: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) dies in Vienna.
1835.10.09: Camille Saint Saens (1835-1921) born in Paris.
1837: Sometime in this year, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson meet.
Frederic Chopin meets writer George Sand; later she would nurse
him back to health when he contracted tuberculosis -- by 1847, there is a
falling out between him and her.
1838.06: Henry David Thoreau (with his brother John) founds a progressive school,
which does suprisingly well (it *is* progressive after all).
Lasts 3 years until John fall ill. During a canoe trip with John along the
Concord and Merrimack rivers Henry decides that he better suited as a poet,
than an schoolmaster. He struggles through the 1840's, has hard times in
the 1850's. His brother John dies in January 1842 of lockjaw after cutting
his finger.
1843.06.15: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) born in Bergen, Norway.
1845: Throeau decides to stop mope-ing about and stops making pencils and
grinding graphite. Following up on an Harvard classmate who once
built a waterside hut, he picks a spot on Walden Pond (a glacial lake) [Src: Ency. Brit, Vol.11, p.726]
1838.10.25: Georges Bizet (1838-1875) born in Bougival
1847: After 10 years of friendship, the authoress George Sand and the composer
Frederic Chopin break up.
1849.10.17: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) dies in Paris.
In failing health, Chopin wished to return to his beloved Paris.
But, due to the outbreak of tuburculosis, everyone was carefully checked
before they could be let in. Friends, placed him, die-ing as he was, in the
back of a meat wagon and sneaked into the City of Light. His last words
were, "It is a pitty that I am die-ing; as, I have so much more music within me".
1849.05: Thoreau
1854: Thoreau publishes "Walden"; doctrine of transcendentalism is bourne into theworld. It
never left, it was always here.
1813.11.11: Søren Kierkegaard dies in Copenhagen.
1862.05.06: Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) dies in Condord, Massachusetts.
1860.07.07: Gustav Mahler born in Kalischt, Bohemia (see map)
1860.11.07: Grandma Moses (1860-1961) born in Wshington County, New York
1864.04.21: Max Weber (1864-1920)(political economist) born in Erfurt, Prussia (Germany).
1867:01:20: Lew Fields (1867-1941) born in New York; meanwhile, in another part of New York
1867.08.11: Joe Weber (1867-1942) born in New York. In 1905, Weber & Fields go on Broadway.
1868: Bernard Emil (1868-1941) born in Lille.
1869 .03.18 Hector Berlioz dies in Paris.
ce1870
1872.??.??: Jeanne Bucher (1872-1946) born in Alastia?
1875.06.03: Georges Bizet (1838-1875) dies in Paris.
ce1880
Max Weber (b.1864.04.18, Bialystok, Russia; d.1961.10.04, Great Neck, NY)
1882.04.27: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is dies in Concord, Massachusetts.
1887.05.17: Ludwig Sievert (1887-1966) born in Hanover.
1888.05.11: Irving Berlin (1888-1989) born in Mogilyov.
ce1890
YEARS OF DESTINY.
1890's: Emergence in the history of art of a curious little art school,
known as Pont Aven.
1890.11.08: Cesar Franck (1822-1890) dies in Paris.
1891.06.09: Cole Porter 1891-1964) born in Peru, INDIANNA.
1892.09.04: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) born in Marseilles.
1895-1896 Somewhere near Steinbach on the Atersee (roughly 50km from
Salzburg - see map), Mahler (see map) writes Symphony #3,
sub-titled "A Summer Morning's Dream". Beauty; Beauty squared.
ce1900
1905.01.29: Barnett Newman (1905-1970) is born in New York.
2 Fortunately enough
"Weber & Fields" open their song and dance act on Broadway. Dorthy Fields
(daugther of Lew Fields born). Such are the delicate threads which tie our
world together, by.
1905-1910: Meanwhile, Max Weber (the political economist) is defending his
work "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"; ie, essentially
the idea that the religious pre-destination jingoism goes hand-in-hand with the
triumphs of captialism, colonialism, etc. This culiminates in his 1916 work
"Religious Rejections of the World and Their Directions", which analyses the
conflicts between the erotic, the ascetic, and the mystical aspects of religion.
1907.10.04: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) dies in Bergen, Norway.
1909.01.09: Simone de Beauvoir born in Paris.
ce1910
1911.??.?? Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) born in New York.
1912. Darius Milhaud meets Paul Claudel (poet, playwright, fervent Roman
Catholic). M. sez "the greatest stroke of luck in my life".
1913: Construvist Movement breaks out mainly in Russia.
1914. "THE" Great War (WWI) begins. Hell, handbasket, earth, all in the mix.
s Munitions factory owners speed ahead.
1915. Darius Milhaud, is unable to join war effort due to medical reasons,
assists Belgian refuges. His friend Leo Latil is killed at "the front".
1917. Paul Claudel is appointed minister from France to Brazil, invites
Darius Milhaud to go along as "attache". Universe is happy despite
the seemingly endless carnage in "The War to End All Wars".
While in Brazil, he organises concerts to benefit the Red Cross.
1918.11.23: Darius Milhaud leaves Brazil, winding his way through the
West Indies, and some town called "New York" (odd name).
1919.02.14: Darius Milhaud arrives back in Paris. Somwhere in the previous
2 years, during the period of the "Bar Gaya" ??, he pens a
catchy little tune "Le boeuf sur le toit" (the bull on the roof).
ce1920
1920.06.14: Max Weber (1864-1920) (political economist) dies in Munich.
[Ency. Brit] "From 1916 thru 1918 he argued powerfully against
Germany's annex-ation-ist war goals and in favor of a strengthened parliament.
He stood bravely for sobriety in politics and scholarship against the apocolyptic
mood of right-wing students in the months following Germany's defeat. After,
assisting in the drafting of the new constitution and in the founding of the
German Democratic Party, Max Weber died of a lung infection in 1920. --42--
1920.12.06: Dave Brubeck (1920-) born in Concord, CA.
1921.12.16: Camille Saint Saens (1835-1921) dies in Algiers.
1922: Ludwig Sievert designs stage for Hindemith's "Sancta Susanna".
1922.04.22: Charles Mingus (1922-1979) Charles Mingus born in Nogales, AZ.
1923: Frenand Leger designs set for Darius Milhaud's
ballet "La creation du monde" (creation of the earth; Milhaud, influenced by
HARLEM JAZZ; Leger influence by VISUAL PHEOMENON OF DIMENSION THREE.
1924: Ludwig Sievert designs stage for Krenek's "Der Sprung Über den Schatten".
ce1930
c.1930: Barnett Newman destroys most all of his realistic work.
1937: Ludwig Sievert designs the set for Orff's "Carmina Burana".
c.1939-40: Barnett Newman stops working; declaring that the world's historical
crisis meant that traditional ways of working were in-effective. He
begins his: Quest for the Proper Aesthetic into the 1940's begins writing "a lot".
Chaos is the wellspring of human creativity, and beauty is irrelevant in the times
of such horror. He resurrected the venerable concept of the Sublime for a
metaphysical "art which through symbols, will catch the basic truth of life
which is its sense of tragedy". ["The Plasmic Image", c.1943-1945 ]
[source: Art dictionary, Vol.23, p.26]
ce1940
1940: Dave Brubeck octet founded; including, Bill Smith (clarinett)
1940: Darius Milhaud forced to flee France. In mid journey he receives
a RADIO TELEGRAM from Mills College, Oakland, CA to teach.
1941: Cole Porter writes music for "Let's Face It"; libretto by siblings
Dorthy & Herbert Weber; ref: [Weber & Fields, act]
1941: Bernard Emil (1868-1941) dies in Paris.
1942: Mingus plays with Kid Ory in Barney Bigard's Ensemble.
1943: Mingus tours with Lous "Satchmo" Armstrong.
ce1945.08.06
On the morning of August 6th, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on
the Japanese city of Hiroshima 8:15 local time. As if this wasn't
convincing enough, the scond atomic bomb was dropped on the
Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9th. Later that day, Emperor
Hirohito called together the "Voice of the Sacred Crane" (the
emperor's command). He urged the council to accept the conditions
of surrender (from the Potsdam Conference, held on July 26th,
by Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin). Even still fanatic milaritsts
contemplated an coup-d'tats. ?sp?
In 1934, while waiting for a traffic light to change at an intersection in
London, near St. Barthalomew's Hospital Leo Szilard (sill-ard) had the
idea thatif you bombarded atoms with neutrons (which was already
known), and that if TWO neutrons were produced, that this could
cascade into a CHAIN REACTION causing a tremendous release of
energey, per Einstein's equation E=mc2. To keep this idea
secret he, patented it, and assigned the patent to the British Navy.
Later, after coming to America, he met with Einstein and fellow Hungarian
refugee ?name? and they drafted a letter to FDR to begin research
to build an atomic bomb. They felt certain that Hitler was capable
of developing the bomb as well. After the surrender of Europe,
Szilard frantically tried to stop the decision to drop the bomb on a
Japanese city -- fearing, among other things, racism. As his life-long
friend and fellow scientist, Jakob Brownowski put it, "One memorandum
to President Roosevelt only failed because FDR died during the
days that Szilard was transmitting it to him. Always Szilard wanted
the bomg tested openly before the Japanese and an international
audience so that the Japanese should know its power and surrender,
before people died. As you know, Szilard failed, and with him
the community of scientists failed. He did what a man of integrity could
do. He gave up physics and turned to biology - that is how he came to
the Salk Institute -- and he persuaded others too.... Szilard replied
"it is no the tragedy of scientists; it is th tragedy of mankind".
[J. Bronowski, "The Ascent of Man", P. 370] (Bronowski aka "Bruno").
1946.??.??: Jeanne Bucher (1872-1946) dies in Paris?
1946: Dave Brubeck studies compostion with Darius Milhaud.
Irving Berlin write music for "Annie Get your gun"; libretto by siblings
Dorthy & Herbert Weber; ref: [Weber & Fields, act]
1947-1948: Charles Mingus tours with Lionel Hampton.
1949: Dave Brubeck trio founded.
1949: Simone de Beauvoir publishes her magnum opus: Le Deuxième Sexe
(The Two Sexes). "A scholarly and passionate plea for the
abolition of what she called the myth of the "enternal feminine".
Feminists everywhere rejoyce! (esp in 1960's)
ce1950
1950-1951: Mingus gains national attention while touring
with RedNorvo's trio (with Tal Farlow). Settles in a
town called "New York" working with Duke Ellinton,
Stan Getz, Art Tatum, and Bud Powell.
1951: Dave Brubeck quaret founded; Paul Desmond, sax. Experments
in 5/4, 9/8, 11/4 time signatures.
1953: Mingus ROCKS OUT at the famous "Massy Hall" performance
in Toronoto with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Album
is called "Quintest of the Year, 1953.
1953.06.05: Pizo Eccentric comic strip is born in Fort Worth, Texas. Does
not gain national attention, despite almost $1 million being
spent on promoting the world tour.
1955: Charles Mingus organises a workshop to create a notation
(as well as dictating lines) to each musician to help with
the inadequacies of notation for Jazz performance.
1959: Dave Brubeck's version of Paul Desmond's "Take Five" puiblished; 5/4 time.
ce1960
1960d: Mingus' superb work "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady"
and "Meditations on Integration" are produced. He falls on hard
times, such is the stupidity of the world towards the arts. Thomas
Reichman makes the film "Mingus".
1961.??.??: Grandma Moses (1860-1961) dies in Hoosick Falls, New York
1964.10.15: Cole Porter (1891-1964) dies in Santa Monica, CALIFORNIA.
1968: The world in revolution.
1967: Dave Brubeck disbands quartet to concentrate on composing.
Later in 1960d, Dave re-founds quartet; Gerry Mulligan (until 1972)
1969.09.03: [Ho Chi Minh (dies)
ce1970
1970d: Dave Brubeck arrangements for his sons Darius (keyboards),
Chris (bass guitar, bass trombone), Danny (drums)
1970.07.04: Barnett Newman (1905-1970) dies in New York.
1971: Guggenheim fellowship awarded to Charles Mingus. His biography
"Beneath the Underdog" edited by N. King.
1974.06.22: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) dies in Geneva.
1975.??.?? Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) dies.
ce1980
1980d: Bill Smitth (clarinet) joins Dave Brubeck Quartet
1986.04.14: Simone de Beauvoir dies in Paris.
1989: Charles Mingus' "Epitaph" is re-constructed, completed, and performed
under the direction of Gunther Schuller some 15 years after Mingus'
death.
1989.09.22: Irving Berlin (1888-1989) dies in New York.
ce1910
ce1990
1991: Charles Mingus publishes "More than A Fake Book". (Having been
dead, for some 16 or 17 years, one is reminded of Ferdinand Sauseur
book, published after he died, after had not written any thing
down. Curious thing these musicians and philosophers ;)
