Music and dance run through history along a parallel evolution, while also affected by technological developments and social movements.

timelineNew developments make new forms of music (e.g. electronics) possible.
Inventions have only impact if they are well established and available (e.g., car, mobile phone, internet), sometimes only (dozens of) years after their design.
 
Music and dance were often forms and expressions of protest against prevailing conditions and habits. Hence, they were just often in their early days thwarted and suppressed by the ruling class. What usually benefited their popularity. (Ex. Waltz, Charleston, Lindy Hop,...)

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35000 years, oldest bone flute found in South Germany (2009)

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_240-..

 

A dance (entertainment) with castanets is popular in Rome

-75

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Assurancetourix (or Cacofonix), Gallic mellifluous bard

0743

0743-..

 

Concilium Germanum prohibits round dance

1000

1250-..

1400

Troubadours, minstrels. There are currently 2600 texts and 260 known melodies.

1500

1500-..

 

Danse Basse known in Italy

1550

1550-..

 

Dance Master Negri (It) propagates figure dancing in Court ballet

1600

1600-..

 

Folk dances are (distinguished) imitated in court dances

1614

1614-..

 

Dance Master Domenico de Piacenza “De arte saltandi et choreas ducendi”

1670

1670

 

First written dances Louis Pécourt at the court of Louis XIV

1685

1727-..

1750

Bach. Baroque, German. Matthäus Passion, Johannes Passion, Goldberg Variations,..

1730

1750-..

 

On court balls of Louis XV one dances: Branles, Gavotte and Menuette

1698

1763-..

 

Steam engine. James Watt. industry

1756

1769-..

1791

Mozart. Viennese prodigy. Die Zauberflöte, Eine kleine Nachtmusik,…

1770

1782-..

1827

Beethoven. German. Mondscheinsonate, 9th symphony ode an die Brise, Doom,

1770

1800-..

 

Weense wals

1804

1833-..

1849

Johann Strauss sr. Vienna. Radetzkymars

1835

1835-..

 

First train Mechelen - Brussels

1840

1840-..

 

Sax: brass instrument

1825

1842-..

1899

Johann Strauss jr. King of the waltz. An der schónen blauwen Donau, Die Fledermaus, The Gypsy Baron,

1840

1842-..

 

Nabucco,, slaves chorus, Verdi

1810

1845-..

 

Canned food from 1810, 1966 drink can with tab

1840

1845-..

 

Fertilizers, not organic plant food

1850

1850

 

Bandoneon, accordeon, Argentine tango

1830

1860-..

 

Merengue

1860

1860-..

 

Argentine tango

1861

1861-..

1865

American Civil War

1817

1870-..

 

Cement. Masonry. Concrete.

1873

1873-..

 

Jeans. Levi Straus. Blue

1886

1893-..

 

Coca Cola, 1915 typical bottle

1877

1895-..

 

Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky first performance Bolshoi Theatre

1870

1900-..

 

Asphalt

1905

1905-..

 

Mata Hari (Dutch Gertrude Zelle) started her dance career

1906

1906-..

 

Fred Astairs first appearance as 6 years old, with his sister Adele

1908

1908-..

1927

Fort T: mass production, thereby affordable car, line work

1913

1913-..

 

Foxtrot, by Harry Fox

1914

1914-..

1918

WO I. Poison gas, trenches, U- boats

1914

1914-..

 

Harry Fox dances Foxtrot in Ziegfield Follies

1876

1915-..

 

Telephone

1919

1919-..

 

Radio(first Dutch program)

1917

1920-..

1933

Prohibition on alcohol America, Al Capone, 18th amendment

1920

1920-..

 

Scheduled flights

1920

1920-..

 

Paso Doble (Spain)

1921

1921-..

 

Rudolf Valentino dances tango in “The four horsemen of the Apocalypse.”

1920

1922-..

 

Charleston (dance), Ziegfeld Follies

1920

1924-..

 

Blackpool. Standardization standard dances. Alex Moore. ISTD, international ballroom competition

1920

1927-..

 

Lindy hop (dance)

1929

1929-..

1932

Stock market crash: first global stock market catastrophe

1894

1929

1991

Martha Graham, founder of the modern dance

1903

1930-..

1977

Bing Crosby. White Christmas, I´ll be home for Christmas, Swinging on a star

1913

1930-..

 

Rumba

1915

1936-..

1963

Edith Piaf. French chanson. Non, je ne regrette rien, Milord, La vie en rose

1915

1937-..

 

Lily Marlene. German love song War I film in 1980

1904

1939-..

1944

Glenn Miller. Swing Big Band. Moonlight serenade, In the mood,..

1939

1939-..

1945

WO II. Hitler, Holocaust, Blitzkrieg, Nazi

1900

1940-..

 

Electronic amplifiers, with fewer musicians playing for larger audiences

1915

1940-..

1998

Frank Sinatra: My way, NY-NY, Strangers in the night, Fly me to the moon…

1919

1942-..

1965

Nat King Cole, jazz. Unforgettable, Mona Lisa, Smile, Lazy hazy crazy days of summer,..

1943

1943-..

 

Mambo

1948

1948-..

1990

LP, vinyl long-playing record, 30 cm

1929

1949-..

 

TV TV replaces more and more real neighbors, family and friends (1967 colors)

1924

1950-..

2004

Marlon Brando. Films: The Godfather, Apocalypse now, Last tango in Paris

1930

1950-..

 

Refrigerators (electric refrigerator) instead of salting, pickling...

1930

1950-..

 

Electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster

1916

1950-..

1989

Perez Prado. King of Mambo. Mambo nr 5, Patricia, Tico tico tico, nr 8,

1950

1950-..

 

Chachacha

1926

1950-..

1987

Enrique Jorrin makes of rumba Chachacha

1928

1951-..

 

Fats Domino, RnB. There goes my heart again, Blueberry hill, Ain´t that a shame

1931

1951-..

1955

James Dean. Films: Rebel without a cause, East of Eden

1952

1952-..

 

Singing in the rain (Film)

1921

1954-..

1992

Astor Piazzolla. bandoneonist Argentijn. Libertango, Adios Nonino

1935

1955-..

1977

Elvis Presley, hip-swiveling King of Rock ‘n’Roll (Love me tender, Jailhouse rock…)

1925

1956-..

1981

Bill Haley. Rock around the clock

1935

1957-..

 

Jerry Lee Lewis. Boogiewoogie piano. Great balls of fire, You win again…

1958

1958-..

1958

Expo ’58, Atomium, Heysel, Brussels World Fair

1938

1959

 

Rocco Granata. Marina, Zomersproetjes, Noordzeestrand

1900

1960-..

 

Tractor, PTO, hydraulic lift

1933

1960-..

2006

James Brown, soul. Mother popcorn, It´s a man´s man´s world, I feel good

1936

1960-..

1988

Roy Orbisson. Only the lonely, Crying, Blue Bayou

1939

1960-..

 

Tina Turner. Ike. Proud Mary, Private dancer, The best, What’s love got to do

1960

1960-..

1970

Beatles(Fab Four): Yesterday, Let it be, Hey Jude. Abbey road album,

1960

1960-..

 

Twist

1960

1960-..

 

Salsa

1930

1961-..

2004

Ray Charles. Hit the road Jack, I can´t stop loving you, Georgia on my mind

1961

1961-..

 

Bachata

1945

1961-..78

 

Eddy Merkcx, cannibal, cyclinggod, Tour de France, Giro

1940

1962-..

 

Will Tura. Lonely without you, The North Wind, El bandido, Azure

1957

1962-..

1975

Vietnam. USA- communism, North-South. Saigon is Ho Chi Minh City

1963

1963-..

 

Cassette: audio tape Philips

1940

1965-..

 

Tom Jones. It,s not unusual, Deliliah, Green green grass of home, She’s a lady, Sex bomb, What’s new pussycat

1960

1965-..

1969

Flower power, ‘60’s, hippies, sexual revolution, Hair, LSD, subculture

1965

1965-..

1975

Doors. Light my fire, Rider son the storm, LA woman, People are strange

1965

1965-..

1981

Jazz Bilzen, jazz & rock festival. Status Quo, Deep purple, AC/DC,…

1967

1967-..

 

Bee Gees. Gibb bross. How deep is your love, Stayín alive, You win again

1944

1968-..

 

Joe Cocker: With a little help from my friends, You are so beautiful, N’oubliez jamais, Unchain my heart

1962

1968-..

 

Status Quo Rockin’all over the World, What you’re proposing, In the army now

1968

1968-..

1972

CCR, Proud Mary, Bad moon rising, Who’ll stop the rain, Suzy Q, Commotion

1932

1969-..

2003

Johnny Cash: country bariton. A boy named Sue, Ring of fire

1969

1969-..

1969

Woodstock(festival) sixties, hippietijd. CCR, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, The Who, Joe Cocker

1969

1969-..

 

Popcorn

1944

1970-..

 

Diana Ross, Supremes, soul. Endless love, My old piano, Swept away,..

1944

1970-..

2003

Barry White, soul en disco. Let the music play, You’re the first, the last, my everything, Love´s theme

1946

1970-..

 

Cher. Believe, I got you babe, Gypsies tramps & thieves, Strong enough, If I could turn back time, Shoop shoop song

1947

1970-..

 

Elton John. Candle in the wind, Corodile rock, Blue eyes,, Nikita, True love

1970

1970-..

 

Punk. Iggy Pop, Stooges, Sex Pistols (75-77)

1950

1971-..

 

Salsa. Fania All Stars.

1943

1972-..

 

Julio Iglesias, Spanish, father of Enrique. To all the girls I've loved before, Amor, Canto a Galicia, Quireme

1972

1972-..

 

Hustle

1973

1973

1974

Oil Crisis, car-free Sundays

1943

1974-..

 

Barry Manilow. Copacabana, Mandy, Could it be magic

1963

1974-..

 

Tavares. Disco-soul broers. Heaven must be missing an angel, Don’t take away the music, More than a woman..

1973

1974-..

1983

Abba, Swedish pop. Waterloo, Mamma Mia, Fernando, Dancing Queen, SOS,..

1949

1975-..

 

Gloria Gainor. I will survive, Never can say goodbay, Reach out I’ll be there…

1975

1975-..

 

Rock Werchter: pop & rockfestival

1945

1975-..

1981

Bob Marley. King of Reggea. No woman no cry, Could you be loved, Stir it up

1975

1975-..

 

Bohemian Rapsodie. Hit Queen, reissue 1991

1954

1977-..

 

John Travolta dancing (disco) Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Shout. Sing You're the one that I want, Sandy,..

1977

1977-..

 

Saturday nightfever (film)

1978

1978-..

1982

Blues brothers: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, RnB. Everybody needs somebody

1978

1978-..

1978

Amoco Cadiz mammoth oil tanker disaster

1978

1978-..

 

Paradise by the dashboard light. Rockhit of Meat Loaf

1979

1979-..

 

Hair (Film)

1979

1979-..

2010

Walkman: Sony mini cassette

1937

1979-..

 

Paole Conte, Italian. Max, Happy Feet

1958

1979-..

2009

Michael Jackson, Album & video: Thriller. Moonwalk. Bad, Beat it, Billy Jane…

1980

1980-..

 

Fame (Film)

1960

1980-..

 

Soccer Argentinie’82, Mexico’86

1980

1980-..

 

Vogeltjesdans. Electronica's. Is there a joyful melody?

1950

1980-..

 

Zouk

1950

1981-..

 

PC, Commodore 64, notebook…

1982

1982-..

 

CD, Compact Disc

1958

1983-..

 

Madonna, Queen of Pop. Like a virgin, Dad girl, Material girl,, Like a prayer

1984

1984-..

 

Footlose (Film)

1984

1984-..

 

Toxic disaster Bhopal India: 50,000 industrial disaster victims

1985

1985-..

1985

Glasnost & Perestrojka: Russian openness and reform, Gorbachev

1985

1985-..

 

Pukkelpop, festival Hasselt

1986

1986-..

1986

Chernobyl nuclear disaster Soviet Union

1987

1987-..

 

Dirty dancing (Film)

1981

1987-..

 

Gipsy Kings Z - France, popflamenco, Bamboleo, Volare

1986

1988-..

1995

Soulsister, The way to your hart, Facing love, How many waterfalls, Promises,

1989

1989

1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall, (build 1961), symbol of the Cold War, Iron Curtain

1987

1989-..

 

Clouseau.. Flemish pop. Anne, Daar gaat ze, Nobelprijs, En dans, Passie,…

1989

1989-..

1991

Lambada, hit of Kaome

1974

1990-..

 

Robbie Williams, Brit pop, Take that. Angels, She’s the one, Millenium,…

1982

1990-..

 

GSM

1957

1990-..

 

Juan Luis Guerra. Dominicaan, Bachata rosa, salsa, meringue, Burbujas de amor

1969

1991-..

 

Internet, www, html, wifi, virus, mail

1997

1997-..

 

Buena Vista Social Club (sr make Cuban music popular. Chan chan

1975

1999-..

 

Enrique Iglesias, Spanish, of son Julio. Do you know/ping-pong, Rhythm devine, Hero, Escape, I like it,..

1975

1999-..

 

Lou Vega, German singer, Mambo 5, I got a girl, Just a gigolo, Boyfriend

2000

2000-..

 

USB stick, computer memory, data storage

2001

2001-..

 

Gotan project Paris Neo Tango band. Santa Maria, Vuelvo al sur, Whatever Lola wants

1972

2003-..

 

Juanes, Columbiaan. A Dios le pido, La camisa negra, Te busque, Es por ti

2004

2004-..

 

Shall we dance (Film)

2005

2005-..

 

You tube clips & film on internet

2006

2006-..

 

Dancing with the Stars (BBC 2004-, ABC…)

2006

2006-..

 

Obsession of Aventura: bachata conquers the West

2008

2008-..

 

So you think you can dance(VTM, RTL 5)

2010

2010-..

 

Flatscreen displaces the tube (tv/pc)

2010

2010-..

2010

Avatar3D film

2011

2011-..

 

DansFans is online… ;)

2012

   

iPod, iPad, tablet, smartphone, cloud

 

History is a pack of lies on which everyone agrees. (Napoleon)


LP: to ‘On the Threshold of a Dream’ of the Moody Blues and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of The Beatles sound will be played through to the end of the groove, so that the last passage is repeated endlessly.
 
Roy Orbison had the talent to write songs in an innovative way. It was in the early sixties, the habit of writing a song according to a fixed pattern (A, B, C, B, D, B), however, Roy wrote in schemes like A, B, C, D... Z. Came across the song so no repetition of sentences. The earliest example is the song "Wedding Day" from 1961. However, "In Dreams" and "Falling" in 1963 are the best known examples.

Not only history repeats itself constantly, lately she hah also hiccups. (A. O. Battista)


In the forties was Nat King Cole the first African- American with an own radio program and in the years 1956-1957 he was the first black American with his own weekly television show.