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Music had two origins, "from speech (logogenic) and from emotional expression (pathogenic)", first proposed by the musicologist Curt Sachs. Reflecting on the diversity of music around the world, Sachs noted that some music confines to either a communicative or expressionistic form, suggesting that these aspects developed separately. [26]
Key Takeaways. Origin of music. The human voice is the first instrument and form of music as prehistoric men and women imitated the sounds of nature. The first physical instrument dates back to more than 35,000 years ago (the Neanderthal flute). Origin of Musical Notation. The earliest form of musical notation dates back to Babylonia (1400 BCE).
Introduction and the brief history of music. Get to know the music periods and history of medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic era music. Through the history of music, we find increasing evidence of its key role in sacred and secular settings.
In this article I have provided a partially speculative account of music’s ancient origins – an account in narrative form comprising first-order facts, plausible interpretations, and some guesswork.
Music predates recorded history, making it difficult to pinpoint a specific moment or individual responsible for its invention. Instead, music’s origin is a result of the gradual development of human culture, communication, and the human capacity for creativity.
Music must first be defined and distinguished from speech, and from animal and bird cries. We discuss the stages of hominid anatomy that permit music to be perceived and created, with the likelihood of both Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens both being capable.
We will delve into the origins of music, its development in ancient civilizations, its transformation during the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, and its continual evolution in the modern era.
Music, art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. Learn about the history of music and about theories of musical meaning since the 19th century.
Evolutionary musicology concerns the "origins of music, the question of animal song, selection pressures underlying music evolution", and "music evolution and human evolution". [118] It seeks to understand music perception and activity in the context of evolutionary theory.
To explore the origins of music in more detail, we need to look back through prehistoric times. The first era we need to explore is the Late Acheulean. This was around 800 to 250 kilo (thousand) years ago (abbreviated to Kya).