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Jun 28, 2024 · This water-powered instrument originated in ancient Greece during the third century BC. First called the hydraulis, it’s thought to be the first keyboard instrument ever made. The water organ works by using water to control the flow of air needed to make music.
May 25, 2012 · Researchers excavating a cave in Germany identify what they say are the oldest-known musical instruments in the world.
Dec 18, 2015 · “Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is considered the world’s earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the ...
- Geisenklösterle Flutes. Age: 42,000 – 43,000 years old. Country of Origin: Geisenklösterle Cave, Blaubeuren, Germany. Material(s) Used: Mute Swan bone and Mammoth Ivory.
- Divje Babe Flute. Age: 43,100 years old. Country of Origin: Cerkno, Slovenia. Material(s) Used: Cave Bear Femur. photo source: Wikimedia Commons. Prior to the discovery of older bone flutes, the Divje Babe Flute was considered the oldest example of a musical instrument ever found in the world.
- Hohle Fels Flute. Age: 35,000 – 40,000 years old. Country of Origin: Hohle Fels Cave, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Material(s) Used: Griffon Vulture Bone. photo source: Wikimedia Commons.
- Isturitz Flutes. Age: 20,000 – 35,000 years old. Country of Origin: Isturitz Cave, France. Material(s) Used: Vulture Wing Bones. photo source: Flutopedia. The flutes found at the Isturitz archaeological site in southwestern France range in age from about 20,000 to 35,000 years old.
The oldest discovered musical instruments in the world (flutes made of bones and mammoth ivory) are over 40,000 years old. But instruments and song may be far, far older. In his book The Descent Of Man, Charles Darwin wondered whether our language abilities had started with singing, and if that was the reason for our pleasure in music.
Oct 10, 2022 · Who invented music? – Rom, age 7, Las Vegas, Nevada. The short answer is: No one knows who invented music. No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, or...
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Clockwise, from top left: Joseph Haydn (Hardy, 1791); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (della Croce, 1781); Ludwig van Beethoven (Stieler, 1820); and Franz Schubert (Rieder, 1875). The music of the Classical period is characterized by homophonic texture, or an obvious melody with accompaniment.
