Timeline of Trends in Italian Music (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dates for musical periods such as Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc. are somewhat arbitrary. All dates are CE: c.100-c.500 Early Christian era, c.230 - Alleluia melodies heard in Rome. 313 - The Roman Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, granting Roman Christians freedom to worship. 386 - St. Ambrose introduces vigils and popular psalmody in Milan. c.425 - Pope Celestine I officially introduces the responsorial singing of a Gradual psalm in the Roman Mass. c.425 - Cassian, Bishop of Brescia, adapts Egyptian monastic psalmody to Western usage.