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1. Prehistoric Music
Prehistoric
music is also called with primitive music. Primitive music is all music coming
from preliterate culturate (prehistory). Prehistoric music is followed by
ancient music in most European area (1500 BCE) and later in
subsequent-influenced areas, but still exists in isolated areas. However, it is
more common to refer the prehistoric music with non-European continents. Since,
most of folks, indigineous still use that kind of music, such as Australian
Aboriginal music, tribes in Africa, Papua Nugini, etc.
The origin of music is still unknown
for sure, because it occured to the advent of recorded history.Some opinions
say that the origin of music came from naturally sounds and rhythms. Even
today, some cultures have certain form of imitating natural sounds. In some
instances, it relates wih shamanistic beliefs or practice, entertainment, and
luring animals in hunt. It is possible that the first musical instrument was
the human voice itself which can create so many forms of sounds, eg: singing,
humming, whistling, clicking, coughing and yawning. In 2008, archaelogists
discovered a bone flute in the Hohle Fels cave near Ulm, Germany. The oldest
known wooden pipes were discovered near Greystones, Ireland, 2004.
2. Ancient Music
The prehistoric music era ended with
the development of writing. Ancient music is the name given for music followed
prehistoric music. The oldest known song was written in Cuneiform 4000 years
ago. The oldest surviving example of a complete musical composition, including
musical notation is the Seikilos epitaph.
3. Biblical Period
The inventor of musical instrument
was Jubal (according to Easton’s Bible Dictionary). He is considered as the
pioneer in defining music in relation to musical instruments. Jubal the father
of the lyre and pipe.
The period of Samuel David and
Solomon was the golden age of hebrew music. Solomon’s Temple was the great
school of music in the conducting of its services large vands of trained
singers and players on instruments were employed (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Chr.15:16;
23;25:1-6). In private life, music also seemed having important place among the
jews (Eccl. 2:8; Amos 6:4-6; Isa.5:11, 12; 24:8, 9; Ps. 137;Jer. 48:33; Luke
15:25).
Music and theatre scholars studying
history and anthropology of Semitic and Early Judeo-Christian culture, have
also discovered common links between theatrical and musical activity in the
classical cultures of the jews with those of the later culture of the Greek and
Romans.
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