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History
Music history is the study of how music has evolved over time. Sites in this category cover the roots and origins of music, for example music from prehistoric times, including early songs accented by hand-clapping, the evolution of rhythmic, percussive instruments from stones, and the finding of thirty-thousand-year-old bone flutes in archaeological sites.
With the onset of the Renaissance in 1465, the rules of music changed significantly, and the history of music from this time onwards is traced in categories about styles, instruments and composers.
With the onset of the Renaissance in 1465, the rules of music changed significantly, and the history of music from this time onwards is traced in categories about styles, instruments and composers.
Sites are appropriate for, and of interest to, children under the age of 18. All sites are either educational, reference oriented, or informational in nature.
Sites in History
Pre-Renaissance Music: The Evolution of Instruments and Theory
Article tracing the roots of music through an explanation of pre-historic forms and instruments.
Musica Romana: Prehistoric Music
Describes the musical information found in archaeological finds, stone-carvings and rock-paintings and suggests why music was used by prehistoric man.
Ancient Music Instruments
Information about instruments, players and composers in Ancient Greece and Rome. Includes theory, the hydraulic organ, pan-pipes and army-music.
Roman Musical Instruments
Simple descriptions with illustrations of the main instruments played in Ancient Rome.
Ancient Greek Music on Papyrus
Describes the musical notation found on papyri and includes audio samples of these melodies.
Prehistoric Musical Instrument
Information about the discovery of a set of prehistoric pipes in Ireland. Includes photographs and a discussion of how they were played.
Ancient Greek Music
Listen to music and fragments of melody by composers in Greece during the first century BC.
Ancient Roman Music
Description of the origins, notation and instruments used. Includes illustrations and charts of different modes. |
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