Stages and Studios

The 5 moments in this challenge

The scenes are shown below — tap a card to reveal its place and year.

1. 

   Round 1 · 1967

   Hendrix Burns Guitar at Monterey Pop Festival

   Monterey, California

   Jimi Hendrix famously concluded his explosive set at the Monterey Pop Festival by dousing his Fender Stratocaster in lighter fluid and setting it on fire, cementing his legend in rock history.

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2. 

   Round 2 · 1200

   Perotin's Polyphony at Notre-Dame de Paris

   Paris, France

   Within the partially built cathedral, the Notre-Dame school of polyphony flourished, pioneering the revolutionary organum technique where multiple independent voice parts harmonized simultaneously.

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3. 

   Round 3 · 1954

   Elvis Presley Records at Sun Studio

   Memphis, Tennessee

   Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black improvised an upbeat version of Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right" during a break, inadvertently kickstarting the rockabilly genre and launching Presley's career.

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4. 

   Round 4 · 1965

   Bob Dylan Goes Electric at Newport

   Newport, Rhode Island, USA

   Backed by a heavily amplified blues band, Bob Dylan traded his acoustic guitar for a Fender Stratocaster, outraging folk purists but irrevocably altering the trajectory of rock music.

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5. 

   Round 5 · 1365

   Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame Premiere

   Reims, France

   Guillaume de Machaut composed the first complete polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary by a single composer, transforming Western music within the soaring gothic arches of Reims Cathedral.

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