3rd millennium BC in music
3rd millennium BC in music - 2nd millennium BC in music - 1st millennium BC in music
Events
[edit]- c. 3000 BC - The invention of the castanets in Early Dynastic Egypt.[1]
- c. 2800 BC - The invention of the clapper, a basic form of percussion instrument, in Early Dynastic Egypt.[2]
- c. 2800 BC - The invention of the harp and the lyre in Mesopotamia.[3][4]
- c. 2550–2450 BC - The invention of the Bull Headed Lyre of Ur, string instrument used in Mesopotamia.
- c. 2550-2450 BC - The invention of the Lyres of Ur, a stringed musical instrument from the Early Dynastic III Period of Mesopotamia.[5]
- c. 2500 BC - Around ninety royal servants—including soldiers, grooms, and female musicians—were buried alive in the tomb of a royal couple in Ur.[3][6]
- c. 2500 BC - The invention of thin lyres in northern Syria.[7]
- c. 2500 BC - The invention of thick lyres in Uruk and Susa.[7]
- c. 2686-2181 BC - The invention of the Sistrum, a musical instrument of the percussion family.[8]
- c. 2600 BC - The creation of Standard of Ur which includes soundbox of a musical instrument[9][10]
- c. 2500 BC - Dancing Girl bronze sculpture made in Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilisation.[11]
- c. 2300 BC - The earliest known composer is born, Enheduanna, priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn).[10]
- c. 2200 BC - A song was composed during the Old Kingdom of Egypt and subsequently buried in a tomb.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Music of Antiquity". CNRS News. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ Sachs, Curt (2012-09-19). The History of Musical Instruments. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-17151-7.
- ^ a b "3100-1000 BCE". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/acref/9780191735363.timeline.0001. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "lyre", World Encyclopedia, Philip's, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199546091.001.0001/acref-9780199546091-e-7001, ISBN 978-0-19-954609-1, retrieved 2024-10-07
- ^ Michael Chanan (1994). Musica Practica: The Social Practice of Western Music from Gregorian Chant to Postmodernism. Verso. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-85984-005-4.
- ^ Darvill, Timothy (2009-01-01), "Ur, Iraq", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199534043.001.0001/acref-9780199534043-e-4440, ISBN 978-0-19-953404-3, retrieved 2024-10-07
- ^ a b c "An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Music". Tour Egypt.
- ^ "Sistrum: The Sacred Shaker in Ancient Egyptian Rituals - Golden Musical Instruments". 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "British Museum - The Standard of Ur". web.archive.org. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ a b "Music on Earth". Chasing the Chords. 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Dancing Girl". Indian Culture.