Which events happened in which decade of film history? D. W. Griffith creates The Birth of a Nation. 1950s Marlon Brando stars in The Wild One. 1920s The nickelodeon theaters come to an end. 1990s Films are stored in DVD format. 1910s

earliest

neumes above text

neumes

colored lines

neumes

4-line staff

f, c, or g clef

notes on 5-line staff with clef

mensuration (longas and breves)

time signature (perfect or half circle)

most recent

notes on 5-line staff

modern clefs

modern note values (whole, half, quarter, and so on)

modern time signature

italian words and abbreviations for dynamics and tempo

staccato, slurs, and so on