Timeline of trends in German music
- The Sixteenth Century
- 1523 Bavarian State Orchestra founded
- 1571 Michael Praetorius born
- 1586 Jacob Praetorius born
- The Seventeenth Century
- 1616 Johann Jakob Froberger born
- 1651 Jacob Praetorius died
- 1653 Johann Pachelbel born
- 1667 Johann Jakob Froberger died
- 1667 Michael Praetorius died
- 1680 Pachelbel's Canon written
- 1681 Georg Philipp Telemann born
- 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach born
- 1690 Charles Theodore Pachelbel born
- 1697 Johann Joachim Quantz born
- The Eighteenth Century
- 1706 Johann Pachelbel died
- 1707 Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (JS Bach) written
- 1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach born
- 1719 Leopold Mozart born
- 1721 Brandenburg concertos Nos 2, 3 and 5 (JS Bach) written
- 1723 Carl Friedrich Abel born
- 1723 Magnificat in D (JS Bach) written
- 1724 Johannes Passion (JS Bach) written
- 1727 St Matthew Passion (Bach) written
- 1734 Christmas Oratorio (JS Bach) written
- 1735 Johann Schobert born
- 1737 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
- 1741 Harpsichord concertos (J. S. Bach) (BWV 1052, 1055, 1061) written
- 1742 Berlin State Opera founded
- 1745 Carl Stamitz born
- 1746 Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer died
- 1749 Mass in B Minor (JS Bach) written
- 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach died
- 1750 Charles Theodore Pachelbel died
- 1756 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg died
- 1767 Georg Philipp Telemann died
- 1767 Johann Schobert died
- 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven born
- 1781 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra founded
- 1784 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach died
- 1784 Louis Spohr born
- 1786 Carl Maria von Weber born
- 1787 Carl Friedrich Abel died
- 1787 Leopold Mozart died
- 1791 Giacomo Meyerbeer born
- 1793 Johann Joachim Quantz died
- 1799 Piano Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven) written
- The Nineteenth Century
- 1801 Carl Stamitz died
- 1801 Albert Lortzing born
- 1801 Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven) written
- 1803 Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven) written
- 1803 Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) written
- 1805 Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven) written
- 1806 Violin Concerto (Beethoven) written
- 1807 Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven) written
- 1808 Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven) written
- 1808 Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) written
- 1809 String Quartet No. 10 (Beethoven) written
- 1809 Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven) written
- 1810 Robert Schumann born
- 1810 Carl Otto Nicolai born
- 1812 Friedrich von Flotow born
- 1812 Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven) written
- 1813 Richard Wagner born
- 1814 Fidelio (Beethoven) written
- 1818 Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven) written
- 1819 Clara Schumann born
- 1821 Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber) written
- 1822 Missa Solemnis (Beethoven) written
- 1824 Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) written
- 1825 String Quartet No. 15 (Beethoven) written
- 1825 Große Fuge (Beethoven) written
- 1826 String Quartet No. 16 (Beethoven) written
- 1826 Carl Maria von Weber died
- 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven died
- 1833 Johannes Brahms born
- 1835 Carnaval (Schumann) written
- 1838 Max Bruch born
- 1840 Hermann Goetz born
- 1842 Der Wildschütz (Lortzing) written
- 1845 Piano Concerto (Schumann) written
- 1847 Martha (opera) (Flowtow) written
- 1849 The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera) (Nicolai) written
- 1849 Carl Otto Nicolai died
- 1850 Robert Schumann died
- 1851 Albert Lortzing died
- 1854 Engelbert Humperdinck born
- 1854 Das Rheingold (Wagner) written
- 1856 Die Walküre (Wagner) written
- 1859 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms) written
- 1859 Louis Spohr died
- 1861 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Brahms) written
- 1861 Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor (Brahms) written
- 1864 Giacomo Meyerbeer died
- 1864 Richard Strauss born
- 1864 Eugen d'Albert born
- 1865 Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) written
- 1867 Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch) (revised) written
- 1868 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) written
- 1868 Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms) written
- 1869 Siegfried Wagner born
- 1871 Schicksalslied (Brahms) written
- 1872 Bayreuth Festspielhaus founded
- 1873 Max Reger born
- 1876 Götterdämmerung (Wagner) written
- 1876 Siegfried (opera) (Wagner) written
- 1876 Symphony No. 1 (Brahms) written
- 1877 Symphony No. 2 (Brahms) written
- 1878 Violin Concerto (Brahms) written
- 1878 Hermann Goetz died
- 1880 Academic Festival Overture (Brahms) written
- 1881 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms) written
- 1882 Berlin Philharmonic founded
- 1883 Friedrich von Flotow died
- 1883 Richard Wagner died
- 1885 Symphony No. 4 (Brahms) written
- 1886 Aus Italien (Richard Strauss) written
- 1888 Don Juan (Strauss) written
- 1889 Death and Transfiguration (Richard Strauss) written
- 1891 Hänsel und Gretel (opera) (Engelbert Humperdinck) written
- 1895 Carl Orff born
- 1895 Paul Hindemith born
- 1895 Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (Richard Strauss) written
- 1896 Clara Schumann died
- 1896 Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss) written
- 1897 Johannes Brahms died
- 1898 Ein Heldenleben (Richard Strauss) written
- The Twentieth Century
- 1900 Kurt Weill born
- 1905 Salome (opera) (Richard Strauss) written
- 1909 Elektra (opera) (Richard Strauss) written
- 1910 Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) written
- 1911 Deutsche Oper Berlin founded
- 1912 Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss) written
- 1916 Max Reger died
- 1920 Max Bruch died
- 1921 Engelbert Humperdinck died
- 1926 Hans Werner Henze born
- 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen born
- 1930 Siegfried Wagner died
- 1930 Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Weill) written
- 1932 Eugen d'Albert died
- 1937 Carmina Burana (Orff) written
- 1945 North German Radio Symphony Orchestra founded
- 1949 Richard Strauss died
- 1949 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra founded
- 1950 Kurt Weill died
- 1963 Paul Hindemith died
- 1970 Yeti (album) (Amon Düül II) released
- 1971 Tago Mago (Can (band)) released
- 1972 Faust So Far (Faust (band)) released
- 1974 Autobahn (album) (Kraftwerk) released
- 1977 Trans-Europe Express (album) (Kraftwerk) released
- 1982 Carl Orff died
- The Twenty-first Century
- 2007 Karlheinz Stockhausen died