Musicians and Composers through history
The atlas holds 47 people and 1,471 moments here, from 600 BC to 2017. The most recorded lives are Michael Jackson, Leonardo da Vinci and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Amy Winehouse
from 1983 to 2011
34 moments here
British singer and songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London and became internationally known for the albums Frank and Back to Black.…
Antonio Vivaldi
from 1678 to 1741
13 moments here
Italian Baroque composer, violinist, priest, teacher, and opera impresario. Born in Venice, Vivaldi held long associations with the Ospedale della…
Arthur Schopenhauer
from 1788 to 1860
38 moments here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Carrie Fisher
from 1956 to 2016
20 moments here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Charlie Chaplin
from 1889 to 1977
62 moments here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Chester Bennington
from 1976 to 2017
17 moments here
American singer and songwriter best known as Linkin Park’s lead vocalist. His documented appearances include performances and recording-related…
Douglas Adams
from 1952 to 2001
25 moments here
English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…
Elvis Presley
from 1935 to 1977
29 moments here
American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
Freddie Mercury
from 1946 to 1991
44 moments here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
Frédéric Chopin
from 1810 to 1849
45 moments here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Friedrich Nietzsche
from 1844 to 1900
32 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
George Frideric Handel
from 1685 to 1759
26 moments here
German-British Baroque composer. Born in Halle, he worked in Hamburg, travelled in Italy, served as Kapellmeister at Hanover, and settled in England.…
George Michael
from 1963 to 2016
31 moments here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Giuseppe Verdi
from 1813 to 1901
31 moments here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1646 to 1716
54 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Hebe Camargo
from 1929 to 2012
19 moments here
Brazilian television host, singer, actress, and radio performer widely known as the “Queen of Brazilian Television.” Born in Taubaté, she moved to…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
from 1712 to 1778
39 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Johannes Kepler
from 1571 to 1630
16 moments here
German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and music theorist. Kepler’s documented life moved from Württemberg schooling…
Johann Sebastian Bach
from 1685 to 1750
24 moments here
German Baroque composer, organist, violinist, keyboard virtuoso, and musical director. Born in Eisenach, Bach was educated in Ohrdruf and Lüneburg…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1749 to 1832
78 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Judy Garland
from 1922 to 1969
31 moments here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Kurt Cobain
from 1967 to 1994
29 moments here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Leonardo da Vinci
from 1452 to 1519
27 moments here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Ludwig van Beethoven
from 1770 to 1827
53 moments here
German composer and pianist whose life was centered first in Bonn and, from 1792, in Vienna.…
Moments
- 600 BC Departure from Mytilene into exile Sappho
- 570 BC Birth and early years on Samos Pythagoras
- 54 Accession before the Praetorian cohort Nero
- 127 Earliest exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 1068 Library visit in Bukhara Omar Khayyam
- 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
- 1484 Family relocates to Mansfeld Martin Luther
- 1577 Family move to Leonberg Johannes Kepler
- 1607 Enters the College of La Flèche René Descartes
- 1687 Stay at Rheinfels Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1700 Moved to Lüneburg Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1703 Opera orchestra post George Frideric Handel
- 1703 Violin teacher at the Ospedale della Pietà Antonio Vivaldi
- 1722 Boarding at Bossey Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1756 Baptized in Salzburg Cathedral Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1765 Takes lodgings as a Leipzig student Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1777 Childhood home in Rheingasse Ludwig van Beethoven
- 1793 Family relocation to Hamburg Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1823 Schooling in Busseto Giuseppe Verdi
- 1828 First documented Berlin visit Frédéric Chopin
- 1833 Choirmaster appointment Richard Wagner
- 1848 Family move to Moscow Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1850 Family relocates to Naumburg Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1872 Countryside stay at Panihati Rabindranath Tagore
- 1894 Makes childhood stage appearance Charlie Chaplin
- 1923 Marriage to Rudolf Sieber Marlene Dietrich
- 1934 Garland Sisters at the Oriental Theater Judy Garland
- 1944 Worked on the Radioplane assembly line Marilyn Monroe
- 1945 First public performance Elvis Presley
- 1950 Establishes Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa
- 1963 Returned to Zanzibar Freddie Mercury
- 1967 Olympia recital and interview Umm Kulthum
- 1973 Broadway debut in Irene Carrie Fisher
- 1973 First Japanese performances Michael Jackson
- 1975 Solo debut at New Hope Baptist Church Whitney Houston
- 1979 Copacabana live comedy recording Robin Williams
- 1980 Early performances at Papa Gayo's Selena
- 1984 Visited Infocom's Boston offices Douglas Adams
- 1984 Family relocation to Baltimore Tupac Shakur
- 1985 Charity performance tour in the United States Pumpuang Duangjan
- 1985 Wham! concert at Workers' Gymnasium George Michael
- 1989 Music Source recording sessions Kurt Cobain
- 1990 National anthem at Festival Vallenato Rafael Orozco Maestre
- 2004 Glastonbury Festival performance Amy Winehouse
- 2005 Coachella guest appearance Chester Bennington
- 2006 Thousandth SBT program recording Hebe Camargo
- 2008 Coachella headlining appearance Prince