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* The [[Seikilos epitaph]], the oldest extant complete composition with [[musical notation]]
* Sculptures on the [[Jagdish Temple, Udaipur]] of [[musician]]s, one of which plays an [[Musical instrument|instrument]] similar to the ''[[Rudra veena]]''
* [[Blackfoot]] chief [[Mountain Chief]] listening to a recording by [[Frances Densmore]] in [[1916]]
* Performers in the Samba de Roda festival, a music and dance celebration in the [[Bahia]] region of [[Brazil]]
* A man playing the [[gendèr]] outside of the [[Embassy of Indonesia, Canberra]]
* A man playing the [[didgeridoo]], an [[Indigenous music of Australia|indigenous instrument of Australia]]
* [[Joseph Haydn]] playing in a [[string quartet]], in a painting from before [[1790]]
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Although [[definition of music|definitions of music]] vary wildly throughout the world, every known [[culture]] partakes in it, and it is thus considered a [[cultural universal]]. The [[#Origins|origins of music]] remain highly contentious; commentators often relate it to the [[origin of language]], with much disagreement surrounding whether music arose before, after or simultaneously with [[language]]. Many theories have been proposed by scholars from a wide range of disciplines, though none has achieved broad approval. Most cultures have their own [[Origin myth|mythical origin]]s concerning the invention of music, generally rooted in their respective mythological, religious or philosophical beliefs.

The [[Prehistoric music|music of prehistoric cultures]] is first firmly dated to {{circa|38,000}}&nbsp;[[Before Christ|BC]] of the [[Upper Paleolithic]] by evidence of [[bone flutes]], though it remains unclear whether or not the actual origins lie in the earlier [[Middle Paleolithic]] period (300,000 to [[50,000&nbsp;BP]]). There is little known about prehistoric music, with traces mainly limited to some simple flutes and percussion instruments. However, such evidence indicates that music existed to some extent in prehistoric societies such as the [[Xia dynasty]] and the [[Indus Valley civilisation]]. Upon the development of writing, the music of [[literate]] civilizations—[[ancient music]]—was present in the major Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Persian, Mesopotamian, and Middle Eastern societies. It is difficult to make many generalizations about ancient music as a whole, but from what is known it was often characterized by [[monophony]] and [[improvisation]]. In ancient [[song]] forms, the texts were closely aligned with music, and though the oldest extant musical notation survives from this period, many texts survive without their accompanying music, such as the ''[[Rigveda]]'' and the [[Shijing|''Shijing'' Classic of Poetry]]. The eventual emergence of the [[Silk Road]] and increasing contact between cultures led to the transmission and exchange of musical ideas, practices, and instruments. Such interaction led to the [[Tang dynasty]]'s music being heavily influenced by Central Asian traditions, while the Tang dynasty's music, the Japanese ''[[gagaku]]'' and [[Korean court music]] each influenced each other.

Historically, religions have often been catalysts for music. The [[Vedas]] of [[Hinduism]] immensely influenced [[Indian classical music]], and the [[Five Classics]] of [[Confucianism]] laid the basis for subsequent [[Chinese music]]. Following the rapid [[spread of Islam]] in the 7th century, [[Islamic music]] dominated Persia and the Arab world, and the [[Islamic Golden Age]] saw the presence of numerous important music theorists. Music written for and by the [[early Christian Church]] properly inaugurates the [[Western classical music]] tradition,{{sfn|Grout|1973|p=2}} which continues into [[medieval music]] where [[polyphony]], [[staff notation]] and nascent forms of many modern instruments developed. In addition to religion or the lack thereof, a society's music is influenced by all other aspects of its culture, including social and economic organization and experience, climate, and access to technology. Many cultures have coupled music with other art forms, such as the Chinese [[four arts]] and the medieval ''[[quadrivium]]''. The emotions and ideas that music expresses, the situations in which music is played and listened to, and the attitudes toward [[musician]]s and [[composer]]s all vary between regions and periods. Many cultures have or continue to distinguish between [[art music]] (or 'classical music'), [[folk music]], and [[popular music]].

==Origins==
{{further|Evolutionary musicology#The origins of music}}
{{see also|Music archaeology|Definition of music|Timeline of musical events}}
{{quote box|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|width=24em|align=right|quote="But that music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by the few, and that it alone among all language unites the contradictory character of being at once intelligible and untranslatable—these facts make the creator of music a being like the gods and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge."|source=[[Claude Lévi-Strauss]], ''[[The Raw and the Cooked]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lévi-Strauss |first=Claude |title=[[The Raw and the Cooked]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=1969 |volume=1 of ''[[Mythologiques]]'' |location=New York |page=18 |translator-last=Weightman |translator-first=John |author-link=Claude Lévi-Strauss |translator-last2=Weightman |translator-first2=Doreen |orig-year=1964}} Originally in French, Paris: [[Plon (publisher)|Plon]].</ref>}}
[[Music]] is regarded as a [[cultural universal]],{{sfn|Mithen|2005|p=12}}{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=5}} though [[Definition of music|definitions]] of it vary depending on culture and throughout history.{{sfn|Mithen|2005|pp=26–27}} As with many aspects of [[human cognition]], it remains debated as to what extent the origins of music will ever be understood, with scholars often taking polarizing positions.{{sfn|Merker|Morley|Zuidema|2015|loc="Introduction"}}<ref name="NYT-20240515">{{cite news |last=Zimmer |first=Carl |authorlink=Carl Zimmer |title=Why Do People Make Music? - In a new study, researchers found universal features of songs across many cultures, suggesting that music evolved in our distant ancestors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/science/universal-music-evolution.html |date=May 15, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240516071558/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/science/universal-music-evolution.html |archivedate=May 16, 2024 |accessdate=May 16, 2024 }}</ref> The origin of music is often discussed alongside the [[origin of language]], with the nature of their connection being the subject of much debate.{{sfn|Goldstein|2016|loc="Language and Music in Cognition"}} However, before the mid-late 20th century, both topics were seldom given substantial attention by academics.{{sfn|Mithen|2005|p=13}}{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|pp=3–4}}{{refn|The [[Société de Linguistique de Paris]] banned discussion on the origin of language in 1866 and similar dismissal surrounded most of the linguist community into the mid-20th century.{{sfn|Mithen|2005|p=13}} The editors of the monumental interdisciplinary volume ''The Origins of Music'' (2000) note that "musicology did not seem to need an official decree [...] to make the topic of music origins unfashionable among musicologists"{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=3}}|group=n}} Since the topic's resurgence, the principal source of contention is divided into three perspectives: whether music began as a kind of [[proto-language]] (a result of [[adaptation]]) that led to language; if music is a [[Spandrel (biology)|spandrel]] (a [[phenotype|phenotypic]] by-product of evolution) that was the result of language; or if music and language both derived from a common antecedent.{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=8}}{{sfn|Brown|2000|p=271}}{{refn|In a similar fashion, the [[biomusicologist]] Steven Brown differentiates theories on the topic in two ways: "structural models", which see music as an outgrowth of preexisting abilities, and "functional models" which consider its emergence as an adaptive technique.{{sfn|Brown|2000|p=271}}|group=n}}{{refn|A well-known promoter of the spandrel view is the cognitive psychologist and linguist [[Steven Pinker]]; in ''[[How the Mind Works]]'' (1997), Pinker famously referred to music as "auditory cheesecake”,{{sfn|Pinker|1997|p=534}}{{sfn|Mithen|2005|p=18}}{{sfn|Levitin|Tirovolas|2009|pp=212–213}} since it is "a technology, not an adaptation",{{sfn|Pinker|1997|p=529}} and because, "as far as biological cause and effect is concerned, music is useless."{{sfn|Pinker|1997|p=528}} Scholars such as [[John D. Barrow]] and [[Dan Sperber]] have agreed,{{sfn|Cross|2003|p=49}} and the music psychologist [[Sandra Trehub]] noted that like Pinker, "much of the larger scientific community is highly skeptical about links between music and biology", in opposition to many specialists on the subjects.{{sfn|Trehub|2003|p=3}} Other scholars such as [[Joseph Carroll (scholar)|Joseph Carroll]] and Anna K. Tirovolas rejected Pinker's take, suggesting evolutionary advantages such as music's use as practice for cognitive flexibility and [[courtship display]], particularly its ability to demonstrate one's "cognitive and physical flexibility and fitness".{{sfn|Levitin|Tirovolas|2009|p=213}}|group=n}}

There is little consensus on any particular theory for the origin of music, which have included contributions from archaeologists, cognitive scientists, [[ethnomusicologists]], [[evolutionary biologists]], linguists, [[Neuroscientist|neuroscientists]], [[paleoanthropologists]], philosophers, and psychologists ([[Developmental psychology|developmental]] and [[Social psychology|social]]).{{sfn|Morley|2013|pp=2–3}}{{refn|Many fields that developed developed significantly or begun in the mid-late 20th century discuss and study the origins of music to some extent. These include [[evolutionary musicology]], [[music archaeology]], [[biomusicology]], [[Cognitive neuroscience of music|neuromusicology]] and [[ethnomusicology|comparative musicology]].{{sfn|Morley|2013|pp=2–3}}{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|pp=5–6}}|group=n}} Some of the most prominent theories are as follows:
* Music arose as an elaborate form of [[sexual selection]], perhaps arising in mating calls.{{sfn|Huron|2003|p=61}} This theory, perhaps the first significant one on music's origins,{{sfn|Bickerton|2000|p=153}} is generally credited to [[Charles Darwin]].{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}} It first appeared in Darwin's 1871 book ''[[The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex]]'',{{sfn|Mithen|2005|p=13}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Darwin |first=Charles |url=https://archive.org/details/descentmanandse09darwgoog |title=The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex |publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] |year=1874 |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/descentmanandse09darwgoog/page/n110/mode/2up 87] |oclc=1239976266 |author-link=Charles Darwin |orig-year=1871}}</ref> and has since been criticized as there is no evidence that either human sex is "more musical" thus no evidence of [[sexual dimorphism]]; there are currently no other examples of sexual selection that do not include considerable sexual dimorphism.{{sfn|Huron|2003|p=62}} Recent commentators, citing music's use in other animals's mating systems, have nonetheless propagated and developed Darwin's theory; such scholars include Peter J.B. Slater, [[Katy Payne]], [[Björn Merker]], [[Geoffrey Miller (psychologist)|Geoffrey Miller]] and Peter Todd.{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=11}}
* Music arose alongside language, both of which supposedly descend from a "shared precursor".{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=315}}{{sfn|Brown|2000|p=279}}{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=11}} The biologist [[Herbert Spencer]] was an important early proponent of this theory, as was the composer [[Richard Wagner]],{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}} who termed the music and language's shared ancestor as "speech-music".{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=8}} Since the 21st-century, a number of scholars have supported this theory, particularly the archeologist [[Steven Mithen]].{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}}
* Music arose to fulfill a practical need. Propositions include:
**To assist in organizing cohesive labor, first proposed by the economist [[Karl Bücher]].{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}}
**To improve the ease and range of long-distance communication, first proposed by the musicologist [[Carl Stumpf]].{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}}
**To enhance communication with the [[divine]] or otherwise [[supernatural]], first proposed by the anthropologist [[Siegfried Nadel]].{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}}{{sfn|Nadel|1930}}
**To assist in "coordination, cohesion and cooperation", particularly in the context of families or communities.{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}}{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=11}} 
**To be a means for frightening off predators or enemies of some kind.{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}}
* 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.{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}}
* Music presents sounds that are based on two primary origins: 1) the sounds heard by the fetus in the womb and 2) emotionally generated vocalizations, according to the theory of the emotional origins of music first proposed by David Teie.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Teie |first=David |date=2016-08-09 |title=A Comparative Analysis of the Universal Elements of Music and the Fetal Environment |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |language=English |volume=7 |page=1158 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01158 |doi-access=free |pmid=27555828 |pmc=4977359 |issn=1664-1078}}</ref> This theory accounts for musical elements found in all cultures, including pulse, meter, discreet single-frequency segments (notes), continuousness, and instruments that create resonance-enhanced periodic sounds. 

Many cultures have their own [[Origin myth|mythical origin]]s on the creation of music.{{sfn|Huron|2003|p=57}}{{sfn|Murray|2020|p=13}} Specific figures are sometimes credited with inventing music, such as [[Jubal (Bible)|Jubal]] in [[Christian mythology]],{{sfn|Nettl|2001|loc="8. On the Origins of Music"}} the legendary [[Shah]] [[Jamshid]] in [[Persian mythology|Persian/Iranian mythology]],{{sfn|Farhat|2012|loc="Historic Retrospective"}} the goddess [[Saraswati]] in [[Hinduism]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Sarasvati &#124; Hindu deity &#124; Britannica |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |location=Chicago |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sarasvati |access-date=27 September 2021 |date=14 July 2017 }}</ref> and the [[muses]] in [[Ancient Greek mythology]].{{sfn|Murray|2020|p=13}} Some cultures credit multiple originators of music; ancient [[Egyptian mythology]] associates it with numerous deities, including [[Amun]], [[Hathor]], [[Isis]] and [[Osiris]], but especially [[Ihy]].{{sfn|Anderson|2001}} There are many stories relating to music's origins in [[Chinese mythology]],{{sfn|Falkenhausen|2000|p=88}}{{refn|For an alternate story on the origin of music in Chinese mythology, see {{cite journal |last=Fernald |first=Helen E. |date=December 1926 |title=Ancient Chinese Musical Instruments: As Depicted on Some of the Early Monuments in the Museum |journal=The Museum Journal |volume=XVII |issue=4 |pages=325–371 |url=https://www.penn.museum/sites/journal/1401/ }}|group=n}} but the most prominent is that of the musician [[Ling Lun]], who—on the orders of the [[Yellow Emperor]] (Huangdi)—invented [[bamboo flute]] by imitating the song of the mythical ''[[fenghuang]]'' birds.{{sfn|Malm|2019|loc="Ancient artifacts and writings"}}

==Prehistory==
{{Main|Prehistoric music}}
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In the broadest sense, [[prehistoric music]]—more commonly termed primitive music in the past{{sfn|Nettl|1956|pp=1–5}}{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=21}}{{refn|Though the term "primitive music" includes extinct [[Literate|preliterate]] cultures, it also refers to existing [[Uncontacted peoples|uncontacted]] [[indigenous peoples]].{{sfn|Nettl|1956|pp=1–5}} The term is now outdated, though {{harvtxt|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=21}} assert that the 20th-century musicologists that used it had "nothing less but respect" for the music in question.{{sfn|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|p=21}}|group=n}}—encompasses all music produced in [[Literate|preliterate]] cultures ([[prehistory]]), beginning at least 6 million years ago when [[human]]s and [[chimpanzee]]s [[Chimpanzee–human last common ancestor|last had a common ancestor]].{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=3}} Music first arose in the [[Paleolithic]] period,{{sfn|Kunej|Turk|2000|p=235}} though it remains unclear as to whether this was the [[Middle Paleolithic|Middle]] (300,000 to 50,000&nbsp;[[Before Present|BP]]) or [[Upper Paleolithic]] (50,000 to 12,000&nbsp;BP).{{sfn|Kunej|Turk|2000|pp=235–236}} The vast majority of Paleolithic instruments have been found in Europe and date to the Upper Paleolithic.{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=33}} It is certainly possible that singing emerged far before this time, though this is essentially impossible to confirm.{{sfn|Huron|2003|p=63}} The potentially oldest instrument is the [[Divje Babe Flute]] from the [[Divje Babe]] cave in Slovenia, dated to 43,000 and 82,000 and made from a young [[cave bear]] [[femur]].{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=38}} Purportedly used by [[Neanderthal]]s, the Divje Babe Flute has received extensive scholarly attention, and whether it is truly a musical instrument or an object formed by animals is the subject of intense debate.{{sfn|Morley|2013|pp=38–39}} If the former, it would be the oldest known musical instrument and evidence of a musical culture in the Middle Paleolithic.{{sfn|Kunej|Turk|2000|p=236}} Other than the Divje Babe Flute and three other doubtful flutes,{{refn|The [[Haua Fteah]] cave, Libya; {{ill|Ilsenhöhle|de}}, Germany; and [[Kents Cavern]], England each contain an object that has been proposed as a Middle Paleolithic flute, though none have achieved wide scholarly acceptance.{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=38}}|group=n}} there is virtually no surviving Middle Paleolithic musical evidence of any certainty, similar to the [[Art of the Middle Paleolithic|situation in regards to visual art]].{{sfn|Kunej|Turk|2000|p=235}} The earliest objects whose designations as musical instruments are widely accepted are [[Paleolithic flutes|bone flutes]] from the [[Swabian Jura]], Germany, namely from the [[Geissenklösterle]], [[Hohle Fels]] and [[Vogelherd Cave|Vogelherd]] caves.{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=42}} Dated to the [[Aurignacian]] (of the Upper Paleolithic) and used by [[Early European modern humans]], from all three caves there are eight examples, four made from the [[Bird's wing|wing bone]]s of birds and four from [[mammoth ivory]]; three of these are near complete.{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=42}} Three flutes from the Geissenklösterle are dated as the oldest, {{circa|43,150–39,370}} BP.{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=43}}{{refn|See {{harvtxt|Morley|2013|pp=43–45}} for a comprehensive table on all eight surviving flutes from the [[Geissenklösterle]], [[Hohle Fels]] and [[Vogelherd Cave|Vogelherd]] caves|group=n}}

Considering the relative complexity of flutes, it is likely earlier instruments existed, akin to objects that are common in later [[hunter and gatherer]] societies, such as [[Rattle (percussion instrument)|rattle]]s, [[Shaker (musical instrument)|shaker]]s, and [[drum]]s.{{sfn|Huron|2003|p=63}} The absence of other instruments from and before this time may be due to their use of weaker—and thus more [[biodegradation|biodegradable]]—materials,{{sfn|Kunej|Turk|2000|p=235}} such as reeds, gourds, skins, and bark.{{sfn|Killin|2018|loc="The Late Pleistocene: Mid/Upper Palaeolithic musicality"}} A painting in the [[Cave of the Trois-Frères]] dating to {{circa|15,000}} BCE is thought to depict a [[shaman]] playing a [[musical bow]].{{sfn|Rycroft|2001|loc="1. History"}}

Prehistoric cultures are thought to have had a wide variety of uses for music, with little unification between different societies.{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=324}} Music was likely of particular value when food and other basic needs were scarce.{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=324}} It is also probable that prehistoric cultures viewed music as intrinsically connected with nature, and may have believed its use influenced the natural world directly.{{sfn|Morley|2013|p=324}}

The earliest instruments found in prehistoric China are 12 [[Gudi (instrument)|''gudi'' bone flutes]] in the modern-day [[Jiahu]], [[Wuyang County|Wuyang]], [[Henan Province]] from {{circa|6000}} BCE.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Gudi |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-4002281191 |last=Picard |first=François |date=28 May 2015 |orig-date=8 December 2014 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.L2281191 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription}} {{Grove Music subscription}}</ref>{{sfn|Guangsheng|2000|pp=88, 91}}{{refn|These bone flutes (''gudi'') were made from the [[red-crowned crane]]; they are perhaps the earliest instruments from anywhere in the world that remain playable.{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Archaeological Evidence of Musical Instruments"}}|group=n}}{{refn|The next oldest are various bone whistles in [[Hemudu]], [[Yuyao]], [[Zhejiang Province]] from {{circa|5000}} BCE.{{sfn|Guangsheng|2000|pp=88, 91}}|group=n}} The only instruments dated to the prehistoric [[Xia dynasty]] ({{circa|2070–1600}}) are two ''[[Sounding stone|qing]]'', two small bells (one [[earthenware]], one [[bronze]]), and a ''[[Xun (instrument)|xun]]''.{{sfn|Tong|1983a|p=23}} Due to this extreme scarcity of surviving instruments and the general uncertainty surrounding most of the Xia, creating a musical narrative of the period is impractical.{{sfn|Tong|1983a|p=23}} In the [[Indian subcontinent]], the prehistoric [[Indus Valley civilisation]] (from {{circa|2500–2000}} BCE in its mature state) has archeological evidence that indicates simple [[Rattle (percussion instrument)|rattle]]s and [[vessel flute]]s were used, while iconographical evidence suggests early harps and drums also existed.{{sfn|Flora|2000|pp=319–320}} An [[ideogram]] in the later IVC contains the earliest known depiction of an [[arched harp]], dated sometime before 1800 BCE.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2001 |title=Harp: IV. Asia |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000045738 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45738 |last2=Lawergren |first2=Bo |last1=DeVale |first1=Sue Carole |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |author-link2=Bo Lawergren |url-access=subscription}} {{Grove Music subscription}}</ref>

==Antiquity==
{{Main|Ancient music}}
[[File:Hurritische hymne.gif|thumb|left|Drawing of the tablet with the Hymn to [[Nikkal]] ({{circa|1400}} BCE), the oldest of the [[Hurrian songs]]]]
Following the [[history of writing|advent of writing]], literate civilizations are termed part of the [[ancient world]], the first of which is [[Sumerian literature]] of [[Abu Salabikh]] (now Southern Iraq) of {{circa|2600}} BCE.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clayton |first=Ewan |title=Where did writing begin? |url=https://www.bl.uk/history-of-writing/articles/where-did-writing-begin |access-date=20 June 2021 |publisher=[[British Library]] |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311085214/https://www.bl.uk/history-of-writing/articles/where-did-writing-begin |url-status=dead }}</ref> Though the [[Ancient music|music of Ancient societies]] was extremely diverse, some fundamental concepts arise prominently in virtually all of them, namely [[monophony]], [[improvisation]] and the dominance of text in musical settings.{{sfn|Grout|1973|pp=4–5, 11}} Varying [[song]] forms were present in Ancient cultures, including China, Egypt, Greece, India, Mesopotamia, Rome, and the Middle East.{{sfn|Chew|2001}} The text, rhythm, and melodies of these songs were closely aligned, as was music in general, with magic, science, and religion.{{sfn|Chew|2001}} Complex song forms developed in later ancient societies, particularly the national festivals of China, Greece, and India.{{sfn|Chew|2001}} Later Ancient societies also saw increased trade and transmission of musical ideas and instruments, often shepherded by the [[Silk Road]].{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Migration and Cultural Exchange"}}{{sfn|Lam|2001b}} For example, a tuning key for a ''qin''-zither from 4th–5th centuries BCE China includes considerable Persian iconography.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="4. 1st millennium BCE: (iii) Achaemenid period, 550–331 BCE"}} In general, not enough information exists to make many other generalizations about ancient music between cultures.{{sfn|Chew|2001}}

The few actual examples of ancient music notation that survive usually exist on [[papyrus]] or [[clay tablets]].{{sfn|Chew|2001}} Information on musical practices, genres, and thought is mainly available through literature, visual depictions, and increasingly as the period progresses, instruments.{{sfn|Chew|2001}} The oldest surviving written music is the [[Hurrian songs]] from [[Ugarit]], Syria. Of these, the oldest is the Hymn to [[Nikkal]] (hymn no. 6; h. 6), which is somewhat complete and dated to {{circa|1400}} BCE.{{sfn|Kilmer|1974|pp=69–70}} However, the [[Seikilos epitaph]] is the earliest entirely complete noted musical composition. Dated to the 2nd Century CE or later, it is an [[epitaph]], perhaps for the wife of the unknown Seikilos.{{sfn|Randel|2003|pp=361, 767}}

===China===
====Shang and Zhou====
{{quote box|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|width=25em|align=right|quote=They strike the bells, ''kin'', ''kin'',<br/>They play the ''se''-zither, play the ''qin''-zither,<br/>The mouth organ and chime stones sound together;<br/>They sing the ''Ya'' and ''Nan'' Odes,<br/>And perform flawlessly upon their flutes.|source=''[[Shijing]]'', Ode 208, ''Gu Zhong''{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=19}}<br/>Translated by John S. Major{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=33}}}}
By the mid-13th century BCE, the [[Late Shang]] dynasty had developed writing, which mostly exists as divinatory [[Oracle bone script|inscriptions]] on the ritualistic [[oracle bone]]s but also as [[Chinese bronze inscriptions|bronze inscriptions]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boltz |first=William |title=The Cambridge History of Ancient China |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-521-47030-8 |editor-last=Loewe |editor-first=Michael |location=Cambridge |page=88 |chapter=Language and Writing |doi=10.1017/CHOL9780521470308.004 |editor-last2=Shaughnessy |editor-first2=Edward L.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Qiu |first=Xigui |title=Chinese writing |publisher=Society for the Study of Early China and The Institute of East Asian Studies, [[University of California]] |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-55729-071-7 |location=Berkeley |page=6 |author-link=Qiu Xigui |translator-link2=Jerry Norman (sinologist) |translator1-given=Gilbert L. |translator1-surname=Mattos |translator2-given=Jerry |translator2-surname=Norman}} (English translation of ''Wénzìxué Gàiyào'' 文字學概要, Shangwu, 1988.)</ref> As many as 11 oracle script characters may refer to music to some extent, some of which could be iconographical representations of instruments themselves.{{sfn|Tong|1983a|p=64}} The stone bells ''qing'' appears to have been particularly popular with the Shang ruling class,{{refn|{{As of|1983|post=,}} {{harvtxt|Tong|1983a|p=79}} notes that "several dozen Shang ''qing'' have been unearthed in [the 20th century]". From what is known, the common people did not use ''qing'' during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046); many ''qing'' instruments have decorations akin to the bronzeware and jade items of the Shang elite.{{sfn|Tong|1983a|p=111}}|group=n}} and while no surviving flutes have been dated to the Shang,{{sfn|Tong|1983b|p=167}} oracle script evidence suggests they used [[ocarinas]] (''xun''), [[transverse flute]] (''[[Xiao (flute)|xiao]]'' and ''[[Dizi (instrument)|dizi]]''), douple pipes, the mouthorgan (''[[Sheng (instrument)|sheng]]''), and maybe the [[pan flute]] (''[[paixiao]]'').{{sfn|Tong|1983b|p=182}}{{refn|The {{circa|1300–1050}} BCE date for ''paixiao'' is from pictographic evidence that the oracle script the character for ''he'' (attunement) is a pan flute—but is only securely documented in 700 BCE.{{sfn|Guangsheng|2000|p=92}}|group=n}} Due to the [[Bronze Age China|advent of the bronze in 2000 BCE]],{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=13}} the Shang used the material for bells—the ''{{ill|鈴|zh|lt=ling}}'' (鈴), ''{{ill|鐃|zh|lt=nao}}'' (鐃) and ''zhong'' (鐘){{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Archaeological Evidence of Musical Instruments"}}—that can be differentiated in two ways: those with or without a clapper and those struck on the inside or outside.{{sfn|Tong|1983b|p=145}} Drums, which are not found from before the Shang,{{sfn|Tong|1983a|p=119}} sometimes used bronze, though they were more often wooden (''[[Bangu (drum)|bangu]]'').{{sfn|Tong|1983a|p=152}}{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Archaeological Evidence of Musical Instruments"}}{{refn|From all available evidence, [[string instrument]]s do not appear to have existed in the [[Shang dynasty]].{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=33}}|group=n}} The aforementioned wind instruments certainly existed by the [[Zhou dynasty]] (1046–256 BCE), as did the first Chinese string instruments: the ''[[guqin|qin]]'' (or ''guqin'') and ''[[Se (instrument)|se]]'' [[zither]]s.{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Archaeological Evidence of Musical Instruments"}}{{refn|The ''[[guqin]]'' (or ''qin'') may have been of Northern, non-Chinese origin,{{sfn|So|Major|2000|pp=30–32}} but it still had a massive impact of future Chinese music.<ref name="MET2">{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=J. Kenneth |date=October 2003 |title=The Qin |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mqin/hd_mqin.htm |access-date=25 June 2021 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History}}</ref>|group=n}} The Zhou saw the emergence of major court ensembles and the well known [[Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng]] (after 433 BCE) contains a variety of complex and decorated instruments.{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Archaeological Evidence of Musical Instruments"}} Of the tomb, the by-far most notable instrument is the monumental [[Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng|set of 65 tuned ''bianzhong'' bells]], which range five octaves requiring at least five players; they are still playable and include rare inscriptions on music.{{sfn|Bagley|2000|pp=36–37}}

[[File:湖北博物館曾侯乙編鐘.jpg|thumb|The monumental [[Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng]], {{circa|5th century}} BCE, from [[Hubei]]]]
Ancient Chinese instruments served both practical and ceremonial means. People used them to appeal to [[supernatural]] forces for survival needs,{{sfn|Lam|2001a}} while pan flutes may have been used to attract birds while hunting,{{sfn|Guangsheng|2000|p=94}} and drums were common in sacrifices and military ceremonies.{{sfn|Tong|1983a|p=119}} Chinese music has always been closely associated with dance, literature and fine arts;{{sfn|Randel|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=02rFSecPhEsC&pg=PA260 260]}} many early Chinese thinkers also equated music with proper morality and governance of society.{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=23}}{{refn|The monumental ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]'' of the [[Han dynasty]] denounces the last king of the Shang, [[King Zhou of Shang|King Zhou]], declaring that "he loved wine and licentious music... thus he had Shi Zhuan create new and depraved sounds... the 'Fluttering Earthwards' music",{{sfn|So|Major|2000|pp=25–26}} while [[King Wu of Zhou|King Wu]] purportedly used [[pitch pipe]]s to foresee the outcome in his war against King Zhou.{{sfn|Guangsheng|2000|p=90}}|group=n}} Throughout the Shang and Zhou music was a symbol of power for the Imperial court,{{sfn|Guangsheng|2000|p=89}} being used in religious services as well as the [[Ancestor veneration in China|celebration of ancestors]] and heroes.{{sfn|Lam|2001a}}{{sfn|Brindley|2012|p=26}} [[Confucius]] ({{circa|551–479}}) formally designated the music concerned with ritual and ideal morality as the superior {{transliteration|zh|[[yayue]]}} ({{lang|zh-Hant|雅樂}}; "proper music"), in opposition to {{transliteration|zh|[[suyue]]}} ({{lang|zh-Hant|俗樂}}; "vernacular/popular music"),{{sfn|Lam|2001a}}{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=25}} which included virtually all non-ceremonial music, but particularly any that was considered excessive or lascivious.{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=25}} During the [[Warring States Period]] when of Confucius's lifetime, officials often ignored this distinction, preferring more lively {{transliteration|zh|suyue}} music and using the older {{transliteration|zh|yayue}} traditional solely for political means.{{sfn|So|2000|p=25}} Confucius and disciples such as [[Mencius]] considered this preference virtueless and saw ill of the leaders' ignorance of {{transliteration|zh|[[ganying]]}},{{sfn|So|Major|2000|pp=23, 29}} a theory that held music was intrinsically connected to the universe.{{sfn|Brindley|2012|pp=3–5}}{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=29}}{{refn|In a fuller form, the theories of {{transliteration|zh|ganying}} held that the universe was governed by natural, invisible and "resonant" forces, including {{transliteration|zh|[[qi]]}}, [[yin and yang]] and music, which according to the [[Record of Music|''Yueji'' Record of Music]] "represents the attunement of Heaven and Earth."{{sfn|Brindley|2012|pp=3–5}}{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=29}}|group=n}} Thus, many aspects of Ancient Chinese music were aligned with cosmology: the 12 pitch [[shí-èr-lǜ]] system corresponded equally with certain weights and measurements; the [[pentatonic scale]] with the five {{transliteration|zh|[[Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)|wuxing]]}};{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=29}} and the eight tone classification of [[list of Chinese instruments|Chinese instruments]] of {{transliteration|zh|bayin}} with the eight symbols of ''[[bagua]]''.{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Classification and Context of Musical Instruments"}} No actual music or texts on the performance practices of Ancient Chinese musicians survive.{{sfn|Malm|2019|loc="Han dynasty (3rd century BCE–3rd century CE): musical events and foreign influences"}} The [[Five Classics]] of the Zhou dynasty include musical commentary; the ''[[I Ching]]'' and [[Spring and Autumn Annals|''Chunqiu'' Spring and Autumn Annals]] make references, while the [[Liji|''Liji'' Book of Rites]] contains a substantial discussion (see the chapter [[Record of Music|''Yue Ji'' Record of Music]]).{{sfn|Malm|2019|loc="Ancient artifacts and writings"}} While the [[Classic of Music|''Yue Jing'' Classic of Music]] is lost,{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=13}} the [[Shijing|''Shijing'' Classic of Poetry]] contains 160 texts to now lost songs from the [[Western Zhou]] period (1045–771).{{sfn|Falkenhausen|2000|p=102}}

====Qin and Han====
[[File:Shanghai Museum 2006 17-15.jpg|thumb|Two musicians of the [[Eastern Han Dynasty]] (25–220 CE), [[Shanghai Museum]]]]
The [[Qin dynasty]] (221–206 BCE), established by [[Qin Shi Huang]], lasted for only 15 years, but the purported [[Burning of books and burying of scholars|burning of books]] resulted in a substantial loss of previous musical literature.{{sfn|Lam|2001b}} The Qin saw the ''[[guzheng]]'' become a particularly popular instrument; as a more portable and louder zither, it meet the needs of an emerging popular music scene.{{sfn|Lawergren|2000|p=83}}{{refn|Ancient texts attribute the invention of the ''[[guzheng]]'' to the Qin as well, but earlier specimens have been found from the 5th-century BCE.{{sfn|So|Major|2000|p=19}}|group=n}} During the [[Han dynasty]] (202 BCE – 220 CE), there were attempts to reconstruct the music of the Shang and Zhou, as it was now "idealized as perfect".{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Classification and Context of Musical Instruments"}}{{sfn|Lam|2001b}} A [[Music Bureau]], the {{transliteration|zh|Yuefu}}, was founded or at its height by at least 120 BCE under [[Emperor Wu of Han]],{{sfn|Birrell|1993|p=xix}}{{refn|There may have been an incipient form of the [[Music Bureau]] ({{transliteration|zh|Yuefu}}) during the Qin dynasty.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dillon |first=Michael |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=VA5tKw11K8YC}} |title=China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary |date=24 February 1998 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-0-7007-0439-2 |location=Farnham |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=VA5tKw11K8YC&pg=PA224 224]–[https://books.google.com/books?id=VA5tKw11K8YC&pg=PA225 225]}}</ref> In general, the chronology of the [[Music Bureau]] is unclear and extremely contradictory in ancient records. See {{harvtxt|Birrell|1993|pp=xviii–xx}} for further information|group=n}} and was responsible for collecting folksongs. The purpose of this was twofold; it allowed the Imperial Court to properly understand the thoughts of the common people,{{sfn|Randel|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=02rFSecPhEsC&pg=PA260 260]}} and it was also an opportunity for the Imperial Court to adapt and manipulate the songs to suit propaganda and political purposes.{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Classification and Context of Musical Instruments"}}{{sfn|Lam|2001b}}{{refn|See {{harvtxt|Birrell|1993|pp=xxi–xxiv}} for information on the location and amount of surviving folksongs.|group=n}} Employing ceremonial, entertainment-oriented and military musicians,{{sfn|Furniss|2009|p=23}} the Bureau also performed at a variety of venues, wrote new music, and set music to commissioned poetry by noted figures such as [[Sima Xiangru]].{{sfn|Birrell|1993|p=xx}} The Han dynasty had officially adopted [[Confucianism]] as the state philosophy,{{sfn|Lam|2001b}} and the {{transliteration|zh|ganying}} theories became a dominant philosophy.{{sfn|Brindley|2012|p=192}} In practice, however, many officials ignored or downplayed Confucius's high regard for {{transliteration|zh|yayue}} over {{transliteration|zh|suyue}} music, preferring to engage in the more lively and informal later.{{sfn|Furniss|2009|p=24}} By 7 BCE the Bureau employed 829 musicians; that year [[Emperor Ai of Han|Emperor Ai]] either disbanded or downsized the department,{{sfn|Lam|2001b}}{{sfn|Birrell|1993|p=xx}} due to financial limitations,{{sfn|Lam|2001b}} and the Bureau's increasingly prominent {{transliteration|zh|suyue}} music which conflicted with Confucianism.{{sfn|Furniss|2009|p=23}} The Han dynasty saw a preponderance of foreign musical influences from the [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]]: the emerging Silk Road led to the exchange of musical instruments,{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Migration and Cultural Exchange"}} and allowed travelers such as [[Zhang Qian]] to relay with new musical genres and techniques.{{sfn|Lam|2001b}} Instruments from said cultural transmission include metal trumpets and instruments similar to the modern [[oboe]] and [[oud]] lute, the latter which became the [[pipa]].{{sfn|Moore|2009|loc="Migration and Cultural Exchange"}} Other preexisting instruments greatly increased in popularity, such as the ''qing'',{{sfn|Guangsheng|2000|p=94}} panpipes,{{sfn|Guangsheng|2000|pp=94–95}} and particularly the ''qin''-zither (or ''guqin''), which was from then on the most revered instrument, associated with good character and morality.<ref name="MET2" />

===Greece===
{{Main|Music of ancient Greece}}
Greek written history extends far back into [[Ancient Greece]], and was a major part of ancient [[Theatre of ancient Greece|Greek theatre]]. In ancient Greece, mixed-gender choruses performed for entertainment, celebration and spiritual reasons.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Instruments included the most important wind instrument, the double-reed [[aulos]],{{sfn|Mathiesen|1999|p=177}} as well as the plucked [[string instrument]], the [[lyre]],{{sfn|Grout|1973|p=24}} especially the special kind called a [[kithara]].

===India===
{{main|Music in ancient India}}
The principal sources on the [[Music in ancient India|music of ancient India]] are textual and iconographical; specifically, some theoretical treatises in [[Sanskrit]] survive, there are brief mentions in general literature and many sculptures of Ancient Indian musicians and their instruments exist.{{sfn|Powers|Katz|2020|loc="1. Introduction"}} Ancient [[Sanskrit literature|Sanskrit]], [[Pali literature|Pali]], and [[Prakrit literature]] frequently contains musical references, from the [[Vedas]] to the works of [[Kalidasa]] and the [[Ilango Adigal]]'s epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]''.{{sfn|Powers|Katz|2020|loc="2. To the mid-16th century: (i) The ancient period, (c) References in general literature"}} Despite this, little is known on the actual musical practices of ancient India and the information available forces a somewhat homogeneous perspective on the music of the time, even though evidence indicates that in reality, it was far more diverse.{{sfn|Powers|Katz|2020|loc="1. Introduction"}}

The monumental arts treatise ''[[Natya Shastra]]'' is among the earliest and chief sources for Ancient Indian music; the music portions alone are likely from the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta period]] (4th century to 6th century CE).{{sfn|Powers|Katz|2020|loc="2. To the mid-16th century: (i) The ancient period, (a) Treatises"}}

===Persia and Mesopotamia===
{{further|Music of Mesopotamia|Achaemenid music}}

====Up to the Achaemenid period====
[[File:Bull Headed Lyre of Ur.jpg|thumb|The [[Bull Headed Lyre of Ur]], found in the [[Royal Cemetery at Ur]], is the best known of the ancient [[Lyres of Ur]]]]
In general, it is impossible to create a thorough outline of the earliest music in Persia due to a paucity of surviving records.{{sfn|During|1991a|p=39}} Evidenced by {{circa|3300–3100}} BCE [[Elam]] depictions, arched harps are the first affirmation of Persian music, though it is probable that they existed well before their artistic depictions.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="2. 3rd millennium BCE: (i) Arched harps"}} Elamite bull lyres from {{circa|2450}} have been found in [[Susa]], while more than 40 small Oxus [[trumpet]]s have been found in [[Bactria]] and [[Margiana]], dated to the {{circa|2200–1750}} [[Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex]].{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="2. 3rd millennium BCE: (ii) Bull lyres, (iii) Trumpets"}}{{refn|The size of the trumpets is so much smaller than modern trumpets that some scholars suggest they were actually funnels or spouts, but Lawergren maintains that such interpretations are "unlikely considering the precious materials and the extraordinary workmanship".{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="2. 3rd millennium BCE: (iii) Trumpets"}}|group=n}} The oxus trumpets seem to have had a close association with both religion and animals; a [[Zoroastrian]] myth in which Jamshid attract animals with the trumpet suggests that the Elamites used them for hunting.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="2. 3rd millennium BCE: (iii) Trumpets"}} In many ways the earliest known musical cultures of Iran are strongly connected with those of Mesopotamia. Ancient arched harps ({{circa|3000}}) also exist in the latter and the scarcity of instruments makes it unclear as to which culture the harp originated.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="2. 3rd millennium BCE: (i) Arched harps"}} [[Lyres of Ur|Far more bull lyres]] survive in [[Ur]] of Mesopotamia, notably the [[Bull Headed Lyre of Ur]], though they are nearly identical to their contemporary Elamite counterparts.{{sfn|Lawergren|2009|loc="i. Third Millennium B.C.E.: (2) Bull lyres in western Iran"}} From the evidence in terracotta plaques, by the 2nd-century BCE the arched harp was displaced by the [[angular harp]]s, which existed in 20-string vertical and nine-string horizontal variants.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="3. 2nd millennium BCE: (i) Angular harps"}} Lutes were purportedly used in Mesopotamia by at least 2300 BCE, but not until {{circa|1300}} BCE do they appear in Iran, where they became the dominant string instruments of [[Western Iran]], though the available evidence suggests its popularity was outside of the elite.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="3. 2nd millennium BCE: (ii) Lutes"}} The [[rock relief]]s of [[Kul-e Farah]] show that sophisticated Persian court ensembles emerged in the 1st-century BCE, in the which the central instrument was the arched harp.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="4. 1st millennium BCE: (i) Elamite harp ensembles"}} The prominence of musicians in these certain rock reliefs suggests they were essential in religious ceremonies.{{sfn|Waele|1989|pp=34–35}}

Like earlier periods, extremely little contemporary information on the music of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] (550–330 BCE) exists.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="4. 1st millennium BCE: (iii) Achaemenid period, 550–331 BCE"}}{{sfn|Farhat|2004|p=3}} Most knowledge on the Achaemenid musical culture comes from Greek historians.{{sfn|Farhat|2004|p=3}} In his ''[[Histories (Herodotus)|Histories]]'', [[Herodotus]] noted that Achaemenid priests did not use [[aulos]] music in their ceremonies, while [[Xenophon]] reflected on his visit to Persia in the ''[[Cyropaedia]]'', mentioning the presence of many female singers at court.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="4. 1st millennium BCE: (iii) Achaemenid period, 550–331 BCE"}} [[Athenaeus]] also mentions female singers when noting that 329 of them had been taken from the [[King of Kings]] [[Darius III]] by Macedonian general [[Parmenion]].{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="4. 1st millennium BCE: (iii) Achaemenid period, 550–331 BCE"}} Later Persian texts assert that ''[[Gusans|gōsān]]'' poet-musician [[minstrel]]s were prominent and of considerable status in court.{{sfn|Boyce|1957|pp=20–21}}

====Parthian and Sasanian periods====
{{further|Parthian music|Sasanian music}}
[[File:Parthian lute player.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Terracotta statue of a Parthian lute player]]
The [[Parthian Empire]] (247 BCE to 224 CE) saw an increase in textual and iconographical depictions of musical activity and instruments. 2nd century BCE Parthian ''[[rhyton|rhuta]]'' (drinking horns) found in the ancient capital of [[Nisa, Turkmenistan|Nisa]] include some of the most vivid depictions of musicians from the time. Pictorial evidence such as [[terracotta]] plaques show female harpists, while plaques from [[Babylon]] show [[panpipes]], as well as string (harps, lutes and lyres) and percussion instruments ([[tambourines]] and [[Clapper (musical instrument)|clapper]]s). Bronze statues from [[Dura-Europos]] depict larger panpipes and double aulos. Music was evidently used in ceremonies and celebrations; a Parthian-era stone [[frieze]] in [[Hatra]] shows a wedding where musicians are included, playing trumpets, tambourines, and a variety of flutes. Other textual and iconographical evidence indicates the continued prominence of ''gōsān'' minstrels. However, like the Achaemenid period, Greek writers continue to be a major source for information on Parthian music. [[Strabo]] recorded that the ''gōsān'' learned songs telling tales of gods and noblemen, while [[Plutarch]] similarly records the ''gōsān'' lauding Parthian heroes and mocking Roman ones. Plutarch also records, much to his bafflement, that ''[[rhoptra]]'' (large drums) were used by the [[Parthian army]] to prepare for war.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001a}}

[[File:Harp-Sassanid.png|left|thumb|{{circa|379 CE}} [[Bas relief]] of [[Sassanid]] women playing the ''[[Chang (instrument)|chang]]'' in [[Taq-e Bostan]], Iran]]
The [[Sasanian]] period (226–651 CE), however, has left ample evidence of music. This influx of Sasanian records suggests a prominent musical culture in the Empire,{{sfn|Farhat|2012|loc="Historic Retrospective"}} especially in the areas dominated by [[Zoroastrianism]].{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="5. Sassanian period, 224–651 CE."}} Many Sassanian [[Shahanshah]]s were ardent supporters of music, including the founder of the empire [[Ardashir I]] and [[Bahram V]].{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="5. Sassanian period, 224–651 CE."}} [[Khosrow II]] ({{reign|590|628}}) was the most outstanding [[patron]], his reign being regarded as a [[golden age]] of Persian music.{{sfn|Lawergren|2001|loc="5. Sassanian period, 224–651 CE."}} Musicians in Khosrow's service include Āzādvar-e Changi (or Āzād),{{sfn|Farhat|2004|p=3}} [[Bamshad]], the harpist [[Nagisa (harpist)|Nagisa]] (Nakisa), [[Ramtin]], [[Sarkash]] and [[Barbad]],{{sfn|During|1991a|p=39}} who was the most famous.{{sfn|Farhat|2001|loc="1. History."}} These musicians were usually active as [[minstrel]]s, which were performers who worked as both court poets and musicians;{{sfn|Curtis|2003|p=138}} in the Sassanian Empire there was little distinction between poetry and music.{{sfn|During|1991b|p=154}}
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===Other Arab and African cultures===
The Western African [[Nok culture]] (modern-day Nigeria) existed from {{circa|500–200}} BCE and left a considerable amount of sculptures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nok Culture |work=National Geographic Society |date=8 May 2020 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/nok-culture/ |access-date=30 October 2021 |publisher=[[National Geographic]]}}</ref> Among these are depictions of music, such as a man who shakes two objects thought to be [[maraca]]s. Another sculpture includes a man with his mouth opening (possibly singing) while there is also a sculpture of a man playing a drum.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Atwood |first=Roger |date=2011 |title=The Nok of Nigeria |volume=64 |work=[[Archaeology (magazine)|Archaeology]] |issue=4 |url=https://archive.archaeology.org/1107/features/nok_nigeria_africa_terracotta.html}}</ref>

==Post-classical era==
{{further|Central Asian and Chinese music}}

===Japanese ''gagaku'' music===
{{main|Gagaku}}
The imperial court of Japan developed ''[[gagaku]]'' (({{lang|zh|雅楽}}); {{lit|elegant music}}) music, originating from the ''Gagakuryō'' imperial music academy established in 700 CE during the [[Asuka period]].{{sfn|Nelson|2016|p=36}} Though the word ''gagaku'' derives from the Chinese ''yayue'' music, the latter originally referred to Confucian ritual music, while ''gagaku'' extends to many genres, styles and instruments.{{sfn|Nelson|2016|p=36}}{{sfn|Marett|2001|loc="1. History"}}{{refn|The musicologist Allan Marett noted, however, that by the time of ''[[gagaku]]'' music in the early 8th century, contemporary Chinese ''yayue'' music had adopted wide influences and genres, making it similar to the stylistic-variety of ''gagaku''.{{sfn|Marett|2001|loc="1. History"}}|group=n}} In the tradition's early history, the three main genres were ''wagaku'' (native Japanese music), ''sankangaku'' (music from the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea]]) and ''tōgaku'' (music from China's [[Tang dynasty]]), as well as more minor genres such as ''toragaku'', ''gigaku'', and ''rin’yūgaku''. Uniquely among Asian music of this time, there are numerous extant scores of ''gagaku'' music from the 8th to 11th centuries.{{sfn|Marett|2001|loc="1. History"}}

A major shift in ''gagaku'' music occurred in the 9th century, namely the development of a distinction between ''[[tōgaku]]'' and ''[[komagaku]]'' music. ''Tōgaku'' was a Chinese-influenced style, which combined with the ''rin’yūgaku'' tradition, referred to as "Music of the Left" (''sahō''). ''Komagaku'' was then referred to as "Music of the Right" (''uhō''), encompassing music influenced by both Korea (''sankangaku'') and [[Balhae]] (''bokkaigaku''). Though this division was prominent, it was not strict and the ''tōgaku'' and ''komagaku'' styles nonetheless interlaced and influenced each other.{{sfn|Marett|2001|loc="1. History"}} The long [[Heian period]] (794–1185) saw much patronage of ''gagaku'' music from the court, as it accompanied many festivals and celebrations. Numerous new genres emerged at this time, such as the ''[[saibara]]'' and ''[[rōei]]'' song forms.{{sfn|Marett|2001|loc="1. History"}}{{sfn|Harich-Schneider|1957–1958|pp=183–185}} ''Gagaku'' ensembles consist of a wide variety of instruments and are the largest such formations in [[traditional Japanese music]].{{sfn|Wade|2005|p=24}}

===Medieval Europe===
{{Main|Medieval music}}
{{see also|List of medieval composers|List of medieval music theorists|List of medieval musical instruments}}
[[File:Perotin - Alleluia nativitas.jpg|thumb|''Alleluia nativitas'' by [[Perotin]] from the Codex Guelf.1099]]
Modern scholars generally define '[[Medieval music]]' as the music of [[Western Europe]] during the [[Middle Ages]],{{sfn|Wolinski|Borders|2020|loc="Introduction"}} from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. Music was certainly prominent in the [[Early Middle Ages]], as attested by artistic depictions of instruments, writings about music, and other records; however, the only repertory of music which has survived from before 800 to the present day is the [[plainsong]] liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church, the largest part of which is called [[Gregorian chant]]. [[Pope Gregory I]], who gave his name to the musical repertory and may himself have been a composer, is usually claimed to be the originator of the musical portion of the liturgy in its present form, though the sources giving details on his contribution date from more than a hundred years after his death. Many scholars believe that his reputation has been exaggerated by legend. Most of the chant repertory was composed anonymously in the centuries between the time of Gregory and [[Charlemagne]].

During the 9th century, several important developments took place. First, there was a major effort by the Church to unify the many chant traditions and suppress many of them in favor of the Gregorian liturgy. Second, the earliest [[polyphony|polyphonic]] music was sung, a form of parallel singing known as [[organum]]. Third, and of the greatest significance for music history, [[music notation|notation]] was reinvented after a lapse of about five hundred years, though it would be several more centuries before a system of pitch and rhythm notation evolved having the precision and flexibility that modern musicians take for granted.

Several schools of polyphony flourished in the period after 1100: the [[St. Martial school]] of organum, the music of which was often characterized by a swiftly moving part over a single sustained line; the [[Notre Dame school]] of polyphony, which included the composers [[Léonin]] and [[Pérotin]], and which produced the first music for more than two parts around 1200; the musical melting-pot of [[Santiago de Compostela]] in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], a pilgrimage destination and site where musicians from many traditions came together in the late Middle Ages, the music of whom survives in the [[Codex Calixtinus]]; and the English school, the music of which survives in the [[Worcester Fragments]] and the [[Old Hall Manuscript]]. Alongside these schools of sacred music a vibrant tradition of the secular song developed, as exemplified in the music of the [[troubadour]]s, [[trouvère]]s, and [[minnesinger|Minnesänger]]. Much of the later secular music of the early [[Renaissance]] evolved from the forms, ideas, and the musical aesthetic of the troubadours, courtly poets, and itinerant musicians, whose culture was largely exterminated during the [[Albigensian Crusade]] in the early 13th century.

Forms of sacred music which developed during the late 13th century included the [[motet]], [[conductus]], [[discant]], and [[Clausula (music)|clausulae]]. One unusual development was the ''[[Geisslerlieder]]'', the music of wandering bands of [[flagellant]]s during two periods: the middle of the 13th century (until they were suppressed by the Church); and the period during and immediately following the [[Black Death]], around 1350, when their activities were vividly recorded and well-documented with notated music. Their music mixed folk song styles with penitential or apocalyptic texts. The 14th century in European music history is dominated by the style of the ''[[ars nova]]'', which by convention is grouped with the medieval era in music, even though it had much in common with early Renaissance ideals and [[aesthetics]]. Much of the surviving music of the time is secular, and tends to use the [[formes fixes]]: the [[ballade (forme fixe)|ballade]], the [[virelai]], the [[Lai (poetic form)|lai]], the [[Rondeau (music)|rondeau]], which correspond to poetic forms of the same names. Most pieces in these forms are for one to three voices, likely with instrumental accompaniment: famous composers include [[Guillaume de Machaut]] and [[Francesco Landini]].

===Byzantine===
{{Main|Byzantine music}}
{{see also|List of Byzantine composers}}
[[Byzantine music|Prominent and diverse musical practices]] were present in the [[Byzantine Empire]], which existed by 395 to 1453.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Byzantine Empire &#124; History, Geography, Maps & Facts |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |location=Chicago |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Byzantine-Empire |access-date=2 October 2021 |last=Nicol |first=Donald MacGillivray |date=21 September 2021 |author-link=Donald Nicol |quote=When did the Byzantine Empire exist?: The Byzantine Empire existed from approximately 395 CE—when the Roman Empire was split—to 1453.}}</ref> Both sacred and secular music were commonplace, with [[sacred music]] frequently used in church services and [[secular music]] in many events including, ceremonies dramas, ballets, banquets, festivals and sports games.{{sfn|Levy|2001}}{{sfn|Touliatos|2001}} However, despite its popularity, secular Byzantine music was harshly criticized by the [[Church Fathers]], particularly [[Jerome]].{{sfn|Touliatos|2001}} Composers of sacred music, especially hymns and chants, are generally well documented throughout the history of Byzantine music. However, those before the reign of [[Justinian I]] are virtually unknown; the monks Anthimos, Auxentios and Timokles are said to have written [[troparia]], but only the text to a single one by Auxentios survives.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Metcalfe |first=William |url={{google books|plainurl=y|dlIcAQAAIAAJ}} |title=The Scottish Review |publisher=Alexander Gardner |year=1898 |volume=XXXII |page=302}}</ref> The first major form was the [[kontakion]], of which [[Romanos the Melodist]] was the foremost composer.{{sfn|Levy|2001|loc="10. Syllabic hymn settings: (ii) Kontakion"}} In the late 7th century the [[Canon (hymnography)|kanōn]] overtook the kontakion in popularity; [[Andrew of Crete]] became its first significant composer, and is traditionally credited as the genre's originator,{{sfn|Levy|2001|loc="10. Syllabic hymn settings: (iii) Kanōn"}} though modern scholars now doubt this attribution.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2001 |title=Andrew of Crete |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000000894 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00894 |author=[[Enrica Follieri|Follieri, Enrica]] |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription}} {{Grove Music subscription}}</ref> The kañon reached its peak with the music of [[John of Damascus]] and [[Cosmas of Maiuma]] and later [[Theodore of Stoudios]] and [[Theophanes the Branded]] in the 8th and 9th centuries respectively.{{sfn|Levy|2001}} Composers of secular music are considerably less documented. Not until late in the empire's history are composers known by name, with [[Joannes Koukouzeles]], [[Xenos Korones]] and [[Joannes Glykys]] as the leading figures.{{sfn|Touliatos|2001|loc="3. Genres and composers."}}

Like their Western counterparts of the same period, Byzantine composers were primarily men.{{sfn|Touliatos-Banker|1984|p=62}} [[Kassia]] is a major exception to this; she was a prolific and important composer of [[sticheron]] hymns and the only woman whose works entered the [[Byzantine liturgy]].{{sfn|Mellas|2020|pp=147–148}} A few other women are known to have been composers, Thekla, Theodosia, Martha and the daughter of [[John Kladas]] (her given name is unrecorded).{{sfn|Touliatos-Banker|1984|p=80}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Touliatos |first=Diane |title=Rediscovering the Muses: Women's Musical Traditions |publisher=[[Northeastern University Press]] |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-55553-219-2 |editor-last=Marshall |editor-first=Kimberly |editor-link=Kimberly Marshall |location=Boston |page=119 |chapter=The Traditional Role of Greek Women in Music from Antiquity to the End of the Byzantine Empire}}</ref> Only the latter has any surviving work, a single [[antiphon]].{{sfn|Touliatos-Banker|1984|p=63}} Some [[Byzantine emperor]]s are known to have been composers, such as [[Leo VI the Wise]] and [[Constantine VII]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2017 |title=Leo VI |encyclopedia=[[World History Encyclopedia]] |location=Horsham |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Leo_VI/ |last=Cartwright |first=Mark}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2001 |title=Constantine VII Porphyrogennetus |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000006331 |last=Troelsgård |first=Christian |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.06331 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription}} {{Grove Music subscription}}</ref>

==Early modern and modern periods==
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===Indian classical music===
{{main|Indian classical music}}
{{further|Hindustani classical music|Carnatic classical music}}
{{see also|List of Carnatic composers}}
During the ancient and medieval periods, the [[art music|classical music]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]] was a largely unified practice. By the 14th century, socio-political turmoil inaugurated by the [[Delhi Sultanate]] began to isolate Northern and Southern India, and independent traditions in each region began emerging. By the 16th-century two distinct styles had formed: the [[Hindustani classical music]] of the North and the [[Carnatic classical music]] of the South.{{sfn|Sorrell|Narayan|1980|pp=3–4}} One of the major differences between them is that the Northern Hindustani vein was considerably influenced by the Persian and Arab musical practices of the time.{{sfn|Te Nijenhuis|1974|p=80}} Carnatic music is largely devotional; the majority of the songs are addressed to the Hindu deities.

Indian classical music (marga) is monophonic and based on a single melody line or [[raga]] rhythmically organized through [[Tala (music)|talas]].

===Western classical music===
{{Main|Western classical music}}

====Renaissance====
{{Main|Renaissance music}}
{{see also|List of Renaissance composers}}
[[File:DufayBinchois.jpg|thumb|[[Guillaume Du Fay]] (left), with [[Gilles Binchois]] (right) in a {{circa|1440}} [[Illuminated manuscript]] copy of [[Martin le Franc|Martin le Franc's]] ''Le champion des dames'']]

The beginning of the Renaissance in music is not as clearly marked as the beginning of the Renaissance in the other arts, and unlike in the other arts, it did not begin in [[Italy]], but in northern Europe, specifically in the area currently comprising central and northern [[France]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Belgium]]. The style of the [[Burgundian school|Burgundian]] composers, as the first generation of the [[Dutch School (music)|Franco-Flemish]] school is known, was at first a reaction against the excessive complexity and mannered style of the late 14th century ''[[ars subtilior]]'', and contained clear, singable melody and balanced [[polyphony]] in all voices. The most famous composers of the Burgundian school in the mid-15th century are [[Guillaume Dufay]], [[Gilles Binchois]], and [[Antoine Busnois]].

By the middle of the 15th century, composers and singers from the [[Low Countries]] and adjacent areas began to spread across Europe, especially into Italy, where they were employed by the papal chapel and the aristocratic patrons of the arts (such as the [[Medici]], the [[House of Este|Este]], and the [[Sforza]] families). They carried their style with them: smooth polyphony which could be adapted for sacred or secular use as appropriate. Principal forms of sacred musical composition at the time were the [[mass (music)|mass]], the [[motet]], and the [[laude]]; secular forms included the [[chanson]], the [[frottola]], and later the [[madrigal (music)|madrigal]].

The invention of [[printing]] had an immense influence on the dissemination of musical styles, and along with the movement of the Franco-Flemish musicians, contributed to the establishment of the first truly international style in European music since the unification of Gregorian chant under Charlemagne.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}} Composers of the middle generation of the Franco-Flemish school included [[Johannes Ockeghem]], who wrote music in a contrapuntally complex style, with varied texture and an elaborate use of [[canon (music)|canonical]] devices; [[Jacob Obrecht]], one of the most famous composers of masses in the last decades of the 15th century; and [[Josquin des Prez]], probably the most famous composer in Europe before [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and who during the 16th century was renowned as one of the greatest artists in any form. Music in the generation after Josquin explored increasing complexity of [[counterpoint]]; possibly the most extreme expression is in the music of [[Nicolas Gombert]], whose contrapuntal complexities influenced early instrumental music, such as the [[canzona]] and the [[ricercar]], ultimately culminating in [[Baroque music|Baroque]] [[fugue|fugal]] forms.

By the middle of the 16th century, the international style began to break down, and several highly diverse stylistic trends became evident: a trend towards simplicity in sacred music, as directed by the [[Counter-Reformation]] [[Council of Trent]], exemplified in the music of [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]]; a trend towards complexity and [[chromaticism]] in the madrigal, which reached its extreme expression in the [[avant-garde]] style of the [[Ferrara School]] of [[Luzzasco Luzzaschi|Luzzaschi]] and the late century madrigalist [[Carlo Gesualdo]]; and the grandiose, sonorous music of the [[Venetian School (music)|Venetian school]], which used the architecture of the Basilica [[San Marco di Venezia]] to create [[polychoral|antiphonal]] contrasts. The music of the Venetian school included the development of [[orchestration]], ornamented instrumental parts, and [[basso continuo|continuo]] bass parts, all of which occurred within a span of several decades around 1600. Famous composers in [[Venice]] included the Gabrielis, [[Andrea Gabrieli|Andrea]] and [[Giovanni Gabrieli|Giovanni]], as well as [[Claudio Monteverdi]], one of the most significant innovators at the end of the era.

[[File:Mensuralnotation-Missa papae marcelli.jpg|thumb|Sheet music for part of the ''[[Missa Papae Marcelli]]'' by [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]]]]
Most parts of Europe had active and well-differentiated musical traditions by late in the century. In England, composers such as [[Thomas Tallis]] and [[William Byrd]] wrote sacred music in a style similar to that written on the continent, while an active group of home-grown madrigalists adapted the Italian form for English tastes: famous composers included [[Thomas Morley]], [[John Wilbye]] and [[Thomas Weelkes]]. Spain developed instrumental and vocal styles of its own, with [[Tomás Luis de Victoria]] writing refined music similar to that of Palestrina, and numerous other composers writing for the new guitar. Germany cultivated polyphonic forms built on the Protestant [[chorale]]s, which replaced the Roman Catholic Gregorian Chant as a basis for sacred music, and imported the style of the Venetian school (the appearance of which defined the start of the Baroque era there). In addition, Dutch and German composers, particularly [[Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]], wrote enormous amounts of [[organ (music)|organ]] music, establishing the basis for the later Baroque organ style which culminated in the work of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]]. France developed a unique style of musical diction known as [[musique mesurée]], used in secular chansons, with composers such as [[Guillaume Costeley]] and [[Claude Le Jeune]] prominent in the movement.

One of the most revolutionary movements in the era took place in Florence in the 1570s and 1580s, with the work of the [[Florentine Camerata]], who ironically had a reactionary intent: dissatisfied with what they saw as contemporary musical depravities, their goal was to restore the music of the ancient Greeks. Chief among them were [[Vincenzo Galilei]], the father of the astronomer, and [[Giulio Caccini]]. The fruits of their labors was a declamatory melodic singing style known as [[monody]], and a corresponding staged dramatic form: a form known today as [[opera]]. The first operas, written around 1600, also define the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque eras.

Music prior to 1600 was [[musical mode|modal]] rather than [[Tonality|tonal]]. Several theoretical developments late in the 16th century, such as the writings on scales on [[mode (music)|modes]] by [[Gioseffo Zarlino]] and [[Franchinus Gaffurius]], led directly to the development of common practice tonality. The major and minor scales began to predominate over the old [[church modes]], a feature which was at first most obvious at cadential points in compositions, but gradually became pervasive. Music after 1600, beginning with the tonal music of the Baroque era, is often referred to as belonging to the [[common practice period]].

====Baroque====
{{Main|Baroque music}}
{{see also|List of Baroque composers}}
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The Baroque era took place from 1600 to 1750, as the [[Baroque|Baroque artistic style]] flourished across Europe and, during this time, music expanded in its range and complexity. Baroque music began when the first operas (dramatic solo vocal music accompanied by orchestra) were written. During the Baroque era, [[polyphony|polyphonic]] [[Counterpoint|contrapuntal]] music, in which multiple, simultaneous independent melody lines were used, remained important (counterpoint was important in the vocal music of the medieval era).{{Clarify|date=April 2018}}<!--But not in the Renaissance? Or what?--> German, Italian, French, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, and English Baroque composers wrote for small [[Musical ensemble|ensembles]] including [[String section|strings]], [[Brass instrument|brass]], and [[Woodwind instrument|woodwinds]], as well as for [[choir]]s and keyboard instruments such as [[organ (music)|pipe organ]], [[harpsichord]], and [[clavichord]]. During this period several major music forms were defined that lasted into later periods when they were expanded and evolved further, including the [[fugue]], the [[Invention (musical composition)|invention]], the [[sonata]], and the concerto.<ref name="sdsu">{{Cite web |last1=Thornburgh |first1=Elaine |author-link=Elaine Thornburgh |last2=Logan |first2=Jack |title=Baroque Music |url=http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Baroque_Music1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905175129/http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Baroque_Music1.html |archive-date=5 September 2015 |access-date=27 October 2015 |publisher=trumpet.sdsu.edu}}</ref> The late Baroque style was polyphonically complex and richly ornamented. Important composers from the Baroque era include [[Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[Arcangelo Corelli]], [[François Couperin]], [[Girolamo Frescobaldi]], [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]], [[Claudio Monteverdi]], [[Georg Philipp Telemann]], [[Domenico Scarlatti]] and [[Antonio Vivaldi]].

====Classical====
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{{see also|List of Classical-era composers}}
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The music of the [[Classical period (music)|Classical period]] is characterized by [[homophonic texture]], or an obvious [[melody]] with [[accompaniment]]. These new melodies tended to be almost voice-like and singable, allowing composers to actually replace singers as the focus of the music. Instrumental music therefore quickly replaced [[opera]] and other sung forms (such as [[oratorio]]) as the favorite of the musical audience and the epitome of great composition. However, opera did not disappear: during the classical period, several composers began producing operas for the general public in their native languages (previous operas were generally in Italian).

Along with the gradual displacement of the voice in favor of stronger, clearer melodies, counterpoint also typically became a decorative flourish, often used near the end of a work or for a single [[Movement (music)|movement]]. In its stead, simple patterns, such as arpeggios and, in piano music, [[Alberti bass]] (an accompaniment with a repeated pattern typically in the left hand), were used to liven the movement of the piece without creating a confusing additional voice. The now-popular instrumental music was dominated by several well-defined forms: the [[sonata (music)|sonata]], the [[symphony]], and the [[concerto]], though none of these were specifically defined or taught at the time as they are now in [[music theory]]. All three derive from [[sonata form]], which is both the overlying form of an entire work and the structure of a single movement. Sonata form matured during the Classical era to become the primary form of instrumental compositions throughout the 19th century.

The early Classical period was ushered in by the [[Mannheim School]], which included such composers as [[Johann Stamitz]], [[Franz Xaver Richter]], [[Carl Stamitz]], and [[Christian Cannabich]]. It exerted a profound influence on [[Joseph Haydn]] and, through him, on all subsequent European music. [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] was the central figure of the Classical period, and his phenomenal and varied output in all genres defines our perception of the period. [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] and [[Franz Schubert]] were transitional composers, leading into the Romantic period, with their expansion of existing genres, forms, and even functions of music.

====Romantic====
{{Main|Romantic music}}
{{see also|List of Romantic composers}}
[[File:Robert u Clara Schumann 1847.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Clara Schumann|Clara]] and [[Robert Schumann]]]]
In the Romantic period, music became more expressive and emotional, expanding to encompass literature, art, and philosophy. Famous early Romantic composers include [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]], [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]], [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]], and [[Hector Berlioz|Berlioz]]. The late 19th century saw a dramatic expansion in the size of the [[orchestra]], and in the role of concerts as part of [[urban culture|urban]] society. Famous composers from the second half of the century include [[Johann Strauss II]], [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]], [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]], [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]], and [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]. Between 1890 and 1910, a third wave of composers including [[Edvard Grieg|Grieg]], [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]], [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]], [[Richard Strauss]], [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]], and [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]] built on the work of middle Romantic composers to create even more complex&nbsp;– and often much longer&nbsp;– musical works. A prominent mark of late 19th-century music is its nationalistic fervor, as exemplified by such figures as Dvořák, Sibelius, and Grieg. Other prominent late-century figures include [[Camille Saint-Saëns|Saint-Saëns]], [[Gabriel Fauré|Fauré]], [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff]], [[César Franck|Franck]], [[Claude Debussy|Debussy]] and [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov|Rimsky-Korsakov]].

== 20th century ==
{{Main|20th-century music}}
{{further|20th-century classical music|Modernism (music)|Contemporary classical music|Popular music}}
{{see also|List of modernist composers|List of postmodernist composers|List of 20th-century classical composers|List of 21st-century classical composers}}

The 20th century saw a revolution in music listening as the [[radio]] gained popularity worldwide and new media and technologies were developed to record, edit and distribute music. Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and recording of performances.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0tz5YpijuksC&pg=PA431 |title=Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Performance and production. Volume II |publisher=A&C Black |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-8264-6321-0 |page=431}}</ref>

20th-century music brought new freedom and wide experimentation with new musical styles and forms that challenged the accepted rules of music of earlier periods.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}} The invention of musical [[Amplifier|amplification]] and [[electronic instrument]]s, especially the synthesizer, in the mid-20th century revolutionized classical and popular music, and accelerated the development of new forms of music.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cf0JAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT24 |title=Popular Music in America:The Beat Goes On |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-133-71260-2 |page=24|publisher=Cengage Learning }}</ref>

As for classical music, two fundamental schools determined the course of the century: that of [[Arnold Schoenberg]] and that of [[Igor Stravinsky]].<ref>Edward T. Cone, ed., ''Perspectives on Schoenberg and Stravinsky'' (1972)</ref> However, other composers also had a notable influence. For example: [[Béla Bartók]], [[Anton Webern]], [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], [[Olivier Messiaen]], [[John Cage]], [[Benjamin Britten]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], [[Sofia Gubaidulina]], [[Krzysztof Penderecki]], [[Brian Ferneyhough]], [[Kaija Saariaho]].<ref>J. Peter Burkholder, ed., ''A History of Western Music'' (2008)</ref>

The 20th century saw the unprecedented dissemination of [[popular music]], that is, music with a wide appeal.{{refn|In an essay on popular music's history for ''[[Collier's Encyclopedia]]'' (1984), [[Robert Christgau]] explained, "Some sort of popular music has existed for as long as there has been an urban [[middle class]] to consume it. What distinguishes it above all is the aesthetic level it is aimed at. The cultural elite has always endowed music with an exalted if not self-important religious or aesthetic status, while for the rural folk, it has been practical and unselfconscious, an accompaniment to fieldwork or to the festivals that provide a periodic escape from toil. But since Rome and Alexandria, professional entertainers have diverted and edified city dwellers with songs, marches, and dances, whose pretensions fell somewhere in between."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |title=[[Collier's Encyclopedia]] |year=1984 |editor-last=Halsey |editor-first=William Darrach |chapter=Popular Music |author-link=Robert Christgau |access-date=19 June 2020 |chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/collier.php |via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>|group=n}} The term has its roots in the music of the American [[Tin Pan Alley]], a group of prominent musicians and publishers who began to emerge during the 1880s in New York City. Although popular music is sometimes known as "pop music", the terms are not always interchangeable.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamb |first=Bill |title=Pop Music Defined |url=http://top40.about.com/od/popmusic101/a/popmusic.htm |access-date=13 November 2015 |website=About Entertainment |publisher=About.com |archive-date=20 October 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051020042544/http://top40.about.com/od/popmusic101/a/popmusic.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Popular music refers to a variety of music genres that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the population,<ref>Allen, Robert. "Popular music". ''Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage''. 2004.</ref> whereas [[pop music]] usually refers to a specific genre ''within'' popular music.<ref>Laurie, Timothy (2014). "Music Genre As Method". ''Cultural Studies Review.'' 20 (2), pp. 283–292.</ref> Popular music songs and pieces typically have easily singable [[melody|melodies]]. The song structure of popular music commonly involves repetition of sections, with the [[verse (popular music)|verse]] and chorus or [[refrain]] repeating throughout the song and the [[bridge (music)|bridge]] providing a contrasting and transitional section within a piece.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians |publisher=Grove |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-333-60800-5 |editor-last=Sadie |editor-first=Stanley |volume=20 |location=New York |pages=142–144 |chapter=Popular Music: Form}}</ref>

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* {{cite book |last=Fletcher |first=Peter |year=2004 |title=World Musics in Context: A Comprehensive Survey of the World's Major Musical Cultures |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-517507-3 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=i2vDlcIyVjUC}} }}
* {{cite book |last=Hijleh |first=Mark |year=2019 |title=Towards A Global Music History |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=London and New York |isbn=978-1-138-08873-3 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Nettl |first=Bruno |author-link=Bruno Nettl |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Music |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.40476 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040476 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
* {{cite book |last=Strohm |first=Reinhard |author-link=Reinhard Strohm |year=2018 |title=Studies on a Global History of Music: A Balzan Musicology Project |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |location=Abingdon-on-Thames |isbn=978-1-138-05883-5 }}

'''Dictionaries'''
* {{cite book |last=Apel |first=Willi |author-link=Willi Apel |year=1969 |title=Harvard Dictionary of Music |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn= 978-0-674-37501-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/harvarddictionar0000unse/page/86/mode/2up }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Randel |editor-first=Don Michael |editor-link=Don Michael Randel |year=2003 |title=The Harvard Dictionary of Music |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Cambridge |edition=4th |isbn=978-0674011632 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=02rFSecPhEsC}} }}

'''Origins and prehistory'''
* {{Cite encyclopedia |last=Goldstein |first=Ian |date=31 March 2016 |title=Music and Cognition |encyclopedia=[[Oxford Bibliographies Online|Oxford Bibliographies]]: Music |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199757824/obo-9780199757824-0169.xml |doi=10.1093/obo/9780199757824-0169 |url-access=subscription}} {{subscription required}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Hagen |first1=Edward H. |author-link1=Edward Hagen (anthropologist) |last2=Hammerstein |first2=Peter |date=1 September 2009 |title=Did Neanderthals and other early humans sing? Seeking the biological roots of music in the territorial advertisements of primates, lions, hyenas, and wolves |journal=[[Musicae Scientiae]] |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=291–320 |doi=10.1177/1029864909013002131 |s2cid=39481097 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Killin |first=Anton |date=14 February 2018 |title=The origins of music: Evidence, theory, and prospects |journal=Music & Science |doi=10.1177/2059204317751971 |hdl=1885/162771 |s2cid=165905083 |hdl-access=free }}
* {{cite journal |last=Lawergren |first=Bo |author-link=Bo Lawergren |date=1988 |title=The Origin of Musical Instruments and Sounds |journal=Anthropos |publisher=Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH |volume=Bd. 83 |issue=H. 1./3 |pages=31–45 |jstor=40461485 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Levitin |first1=D. J. |last2=Tirovolas |first2=A. K. |year=2009 |title=Current Advances in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Music |journal=[[Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences]] |volume=1156 |issue=1 |pages=211–231 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04417.x |pmid=19338510| bibcode=2009NYASA1156..211L |s2cid=2856561 |url=http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=145070}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Merker |first1=Björn |author-link1=Björn Merker |last2=Morley |first2=Iain |last3=Zuidema |first3=Willem |date=19 March 2015 |title=Five fundamental constraints on theories of the origins of music |journal=[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]] |publisher=[[Royal Society]] |volume=370 |issue=1664 |doi=10.1098/rstb.2014.0095 |pmid=25646518 |pmc=4321136 |issn=0962-8436 |eissn=1471-2970 }}
* {{cite book |last=Mithen |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Mithen |year=2005 |title=The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body |publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group]] |location=London |isbn=978-1-7802-2258-5 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Montagu |first=Jeremy |author-link=Jeremy Montagu |date=20 June 2017 |title=How Music and Instruments Began: A Brief Overview of the Origin and Entire Development of Music, from Its Earliest Stages |journal=Frontiers in Sociology |volume=2 |issue=8 |doi=10.3389/fsoc.2017.00008 |doi-access=free }}
* {{cite book |last=Morley |first=Iain |year=2013 |title=The Prehistory of Music: Human Evolution, Archaeology, and the Origins of Musicality |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-923408-0 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=eWhBAQAAQBAJ}} }}
* {{cite journal |last=Nadel |first=Siegfried |author-link=Fred Nadel |translator-last=Baker |translator-first=Theodore |translator-link=Theodore Baker |date=October 1930 |title=The Origins of Music |journal=[[The Musical Quarterly]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=531–546 |doi=10.1093/mq/XVI.4.531 |jstor=738618 }}
* {{cite book |last=Nettl |first=Bruno |author-link=Bruno Nettl |year=1956 |title=Music in Primitive Culture |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-674-59000-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/musicinprimitive0000nett_y7y5 }}
* {{cite book |editor-last1=Peretz |editor-first1=Isabelle |editor-link=Isabelle Peretz |editor-last2=Zatorre |editor-first2=Robert J. |year=2003 |title=The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-852519-6 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=q9t1DwAAQBAJ}} }}
** {{cite book |last=Cross |first=Ian |year=2003 |title=The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music |chapter=Music, Cognition, Culture and Evolution }} (In {{harvtxt|Peretz|Zatorre|2003|pp=42–56}})
** {{cite book |last=Huron |first=David |author-link=David Huron |year=2003 |title=The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music |chapter=Is Music an Evolutionary Adaptation? }} (In {{harvtxt|Peretz|Zatorre|2003|pp=57–75}}
** {{cite book |last=Trehub |first=Sandra |author-link=Sandra Trehub |year=2003 |title=The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music |chapter=Musical Predispositions in Infancy: An Update }} (In {{harvtxt|Peretz|Zatorre|2003|pp=3–20}})
* {{cite book |last=Pinker |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Pinker |year=1997 |title=How the Mind Works |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-04535-2 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Rycroft |first=David K. |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Musical bow |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.19417 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000019417 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
* {{cite book |editor-last1=Wallin |editor-first1=Nils |editor-last2=Merker |editor-first2=Björn |editor-link2=Björn Merker |editor-last3=Brown |editor-first3=Steven |year=2000 |title=The Origins of Music |publisher=[[MIT Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-262-73143-0 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=vYQEakqM4I0C}} }}
** {{cite book |last=Bickerton |first=Derek |author-link=Derek Bickerton |year=2000 |title=The Origins of Music |chapter=Can Biomusicology Learn from Language Evolution Studies? }} (In {{harvtxt|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|pp=153–163}})
** {{cite book |last=Brown |first=Steven |year=2000 |title=The Origins of Music |chapter=The "Musilanguage" Model of Music Evolution }} (In {{harvtxt|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|pp=153–163}})
** {{cite book |last1=Kunej |first1=Drago |last2=Turk |first2=Ivan |year=2000 |title=The Origins of Music |chapter=New Perspectives on the Beginnings of Music: Archeological and Musicological Analysis of a Middle Paleolithic Bone "Flute" }} (In {{harvtxt|Wallin|Merker|Brown|2000|pp=235–268}})

'''Africa'''
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Anderson |first1=Robert |last2=Castelo-Branco |first2=Salwa El-Shawan |last3=Danielson |first3=Virginia |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Egypt, Arab Republic of |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.08621 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000008621 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Anderson |first=Robert |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Egypt, Arab Republic of |section=I. Ancient music }} (In {{harvtxt|Anderson|Castelo-Branco|Danielson|2001}})
* {{cite journal |last=Charry |first=Eric |date=March 1996 |title=Plucked Lutes in West Africa: An Historical Overview |journal=[[The Galpin Society Journal]] |volume=49 |pages=3–37 |jstor=842390 |doi=10.2307/842390 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Erlmann |first=Veit |date=1973–1974 |title=Some Sources on Music in Western Sudan from 1300-1700 |journal=[[African Music (journal)|African Music]] |publisher=[[International Library of African Music]] |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=34–39 |doi=10.21504/amj.v5i3.1656 |jstor=30249969 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Kubik |first=Gerhard |author-link=Gerhard Kubik |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Africa |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00268 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000000268 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Robotham |first=Donald Keith |date=8 April 2016 |title=African music &#124; Britannica |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |location=Chicago |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/African-music }}
* {{cite journal |last=Vansina |first=J. |author-link=Jan Vansina |date=1996 |title=The Bells of Kings |journal=[[The Journal of African History]] |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=187–197 |doi=10.1017/S0021853700009464 |jstor=179509 |s2cid=162156236 }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Wachsmann |editor-first=Klaus P. |editor-link=Klaus Wachsmann |year=1971 |title=Essays on Music and History in Africa |publisher=[[Northwestern University Press]] |location=Evanston |isbn=978-0-8101-0333-7 |doi=10.21985/N2VH9V |url=https://arch.library.northwestern.edu/concern/generic_works/t148fh30g?locale=en |last1=Wachsmann |first1=Klaus P. }}

'''East Asia'''
* {{cite book |last=Birrell |first=Anne |year=1993 |orig-year=1988 |title=Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China |publisher=[[University of Hawai'i Press]] |location=Honolulu |isbn=978-0-8248-1548-6 |doi=10.2307/j.ctv9zcm2j |jstor=j.ctv9zcm2j }}
* {{cite book |last=Brindley |first=Erica |year=2012 |title=Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China |publisher=[[State University of New York Press]] |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4384-4315-7 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Fernald |first=Helen E. |date=December 1926 |title=Ancient Chinese Musical Instruments: As Depicted on Some of the Early Monuments in the Museum |journal=The Museum Journal |volume=XVII |issue=4 |pages=325–371 |url=https://www.penn.museum/sites/journal/1401/ }}
* {{cite journal |last=Furniss |first=Ingrid |date=2009 |title=Unearthing China's Informal Musicians: An Archaeological and Textual Study of the Shang to Tang Periods |journal=Yearbook for Traditional Music |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |volume=41 |pages=23–41 |doi=10.1017/S0740155800004124 |jstor=25735477 }}
* {{cite book |last=Lawergren |first=Bo |author-link=Bo Lawergren |editor-last1=Dien |editor-first1=Albert E. |editor-last2=Knapp |editor-first2=Keith N. |year=2019 |title=The Cambridge History of China: Volume II: Six Dynasties, 220–589 |chapter=Music |pages=698–720 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-1-107-02077-1 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Harich-Schneider |first=Eta |author-link=Eta Harich-Schneider |date=1957–1958 |title=Rōei. The Medieval Court Songs of Japan |journal=[[Monumenta Nipponica]] |volume=13 |issue=3/4 |pages=183–222 |jstor=2383043 |doi=10.2307/2383043 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Malm |first=William P. |authorlink=William P. Malm |date=19 November 2019 |title=Chinese music &#124; Characeristics, History, Instruments, Genres & Facts &#124; Britannica |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |location=Chicago |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Chinese-music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602074015if_/https://www.britannica.com/art/Chinese-music |archive-date=2 June 2021 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Marett |first=Allan |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Japan |section=V. Court music }}
* {{cite book |last=Mingyue |first=Liang |year=1985 |title=Music of the Billion: An Introduction to Chinese Musical Culture |publisher=Heinrichshofen |location=New York |isbn=978-3-7959-0474-6 |pages=37–38 }}
* {{cite web |last=Moore |first=J. Kenneth |date=September 2009 |title=Music and Art of China |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/much/hd_much.htm |access-date=24 June 2021 }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=So |editor-first=Jenny F. |year=2000 |title=Music in the Age of Confucius |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |location=Washington |isbn=978-0-295-97953-3 }}
** {{cite book |last1=So |first1=Jenny F. |last2=Major |first2=John S. |year=2000 |title=Music in the Age of Confucius |chapter=Music in Late Bronze Age China }} (In {{harvtxt|So|2000|pp=13–34}}
** {{cite book |last=Bagley |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Bagley |year=2000 |title=Music in the Age of Confucius |chapter=Percussion }} (In {{harvtxt|So|2000|pp=35–64}}
** {{cite book |last=Lawergren |first=Bo |author-link=Bo Lawergren |year=2000 |title=Music in the Age of Confucius |chapter=Strings }} (In {{harvtxt|So|2000|pp=65–86}}
** {{cite book |last=Guangsheng |first=Feng |year=2000 |title=Music in the Age of Confucius |chapter=Winds }} (In {{harvtxt|So|2000|pp=87–100}})
** {{cite book |last=Falkenhausen |first=Lothar von |year=2000 |title=Music in the Age of Confucius |chapter=The Zheng Hou Yi Finds in the History of Chinese Music }} (In {{harvtxt|So|2000|pp=101–113}})
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Thrasher |first1=Alan R. |last2=Lam |first2=Joseph S.C. |last3=Stock |first3=Jonathan P.J. |last4=Mackerras |first4=Colin |author-link4=Colin Mackerras |last5=Rebollo-Sborgi |first5=Francesca |last6=Kouwenhoven |first6=Frank |last7=Schimmelpenninck |first7=A. |last8=Jones |first8=Stephen |author9=Han Mei |author-link9=Han Mei |author10=Wu Ben |last11=Rees |first11=Helen |last12=Trebinjac |first12=Sabine |last13=Lee |first13=Joanna C. |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=China, People's Republic of |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43141 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000043141 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Thrasher |first=Alan R. |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=China, People's Republic of |section=I. Introduction: historical, regional and study perspectives }} (In {{harvtxt|Thrasher|Lam|Stock|Mackerras|2001}}
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Lam |first=Joseph S.C. |year=2001a |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=China, People's Republic of |section=2. Antiquity to the Warring States period (to 221 BCE). }} (In {{harvtxt|Thrasher|Lam|Stock|Mackerras|2001}})
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Lam |first=Joseph S.C. |year=2001b |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=China, People's Republic of |section=3. Qin to Tang dynasties (221 BCE–907 CE). }} (In {{harvtxt|Thrasher|Lam|Stock|Mackerras|2001}})
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Lam |first=Joseph S.C. |year=2001c |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=China, People's Republic of |section=4. Song to Yuan dynasties (960–1368). }} (In {{harvtxt|Thrasher|Lam|Stock|Mackerras|2001}})
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Lam |first=Joseph S.C. |year=2001d |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=China, People's Republic of |section=5. Ming to Qing dynasties (1368–1911). }} (In {{harvtxt|Thrasher|Lam|Stock|Mackerras|2001}})
* {{cite book |last=Wade |first=Bonnie C. |year=2005 |title=Music in Japan: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-19-514487-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/musicinjapanexpe00wade |url-access=limited }}
* {{cite book |editor-last1=Tokita |editor-first1=Alison McQueen |editor-last2=Hughes |editor-first2=David W. |year=2016 |orig-year=2008 |title=The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music |series=SOAS Musicology Series |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |location=Milton Park |isbn=978-0-7546-5699-9 }}
** {{cite book |last=Nelson |first=Steven G. |year=2016 |orig-year=2008 |title=The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music |chapter=Court and religious music (1): history of ''gagaku'' and ''shōmyō'' }} (In {{harvtxt|Tokita|Hughes|2016|pp=35–48}})
* {{cite journal |last=Tong |first=Kin-Woon |date=1983a |title=Shang Musical Instruments: Part One |journal=Asian Music |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=17–182 |jstor=833936 |doi=10.2307/833936 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Tong |first=Kin-Woon |date=1983b |title=Shang Musical Instruments: Part Two |journal=Asian Music |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=102–184 |jstor=833918 |doi=10.2307/833918 }}

'''Middle East'''
* {{cite journal |last=Boyce |first=Mary |author-link=Mary Boyce |year=1957 |title=The Parthian Gōsān and Iranian Minstrel Tradition |journal=[[Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society]] |volume=89 |issue=1–2 |pages=10–45 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |doi=10.1017/S0035869X0010735X |jstor=25201987 |s2cid=161761104 }}
* {{cite book |last=Curtis |first=Vesta Sarkhosh |author-link=Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis |year=2003 |title=World of Myths |chapter=Persian Myths |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |location=Austin |isbn=978-0-292-70607-1 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=xr7wES9T-ksC}} }}
* {{cite book |editor-last1=During |editor-first1=Jean |editor-link1=Jean During |editor-last2=Mirabdolbaghi |editor-first2=Zia |year=1991a |title=The Art of Persian Music |publisher=Mage Publishers |location=Washington D.C. |isbn=978-0-934211-22-2 }}
** {{cite book |last=During |first=Jean |author-link=Jean During |year=1991a |title=The Art of Persian Music |chapter=Historical Survey |pages=31–56 }} (In {{harvtxt|During|Mirabdolbaghi|1991a}})
** {{cite book |last1=During |first1=Jean |author-link1=Jean During |last2=Mirabdolbaghi |first2=Zia |year=1991b |title=The Art of Persian Music |chapter=The Instruments of Yesterday and Today |pages=99–152}} (In {{harvtxt|During|Mirabdolbaghi|1991a}})
** {{cite book |last=During |first=Jean |author-link=Jean During |year=1991b |title=The Art of Persian Music |chapter=Poetry and Music |pages=153–166 }} (In {{harvtxt|During|Mirabdolbaghi|1991a}})
* {{cite book |last=Ellerbrock |first=Uwe |year=2021 |title=The Parthians: The Forgotten Empire |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |location=Abingdon-on-Thames |isbn=978-1-000-35848-3 }}
* {{cite book |last=Farhat |first=Hormoz |author-link=Hormoz Farhat |year=2004 |title=The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-54206-7 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=NiMhWnYDuQMC}} }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Lawergren |first1=Bo |author-link1=Bo Lawergren |last2=Farhat |first2=Hormoz |author-link2=Hormoz Farhat |last3=Blum |first3=Stephen |author-link3=Stephen Blum |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Iran |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13895 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000013895 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Lawergren |first=Bo |author-link=Bo Lawergren |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Iran |section=I. Pre-Islamic }} (In {{harvtxt|Lawergren|Farhat|Blum|2001}})
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Farhat |first=Hormoz |author-link=Hormoz Farhat |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Iran |section=II. Classical traditions }} (In {{harvtxt|Lawergren|Farhat|Blum|2001}}
* {{cite journal |last=Farhat |first=Hormoz |author-link=Hormoz Farhat |year=2012 |title=An Introduction to Persian Music |journal=Catalogue of the Festival of Oriental Music |publisher=[[University of Durham]] |location=Durham |url=http://www.dl.edi-info.ir/An%20Introduction%20to%20Persian%20Music.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.dl.edi-info.ir/An%20Introduction%20to%20Persian%20Music.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite journal |last=Kilmer |first=Anne Draffkorn |date=1974 |title=The Cult Song With Music From Ancient Ugarit: Another Interpretation |journal=Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale |publisher=[[Presses Universitaires de France]] |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=69–82 |jstor=3282429 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Lawergren |first=Bo |author-link=Bo Lawergren |year=2001a |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Parthian Empire |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20973 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000020973 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Lawergren |first=Bo |author-link=Bo Lawergren |year=2009 |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] |title=Music History i. Pre-Islamic Iran |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |location=Leiden |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/music-history-i-pre-islamic-iran }}
* {{cite book |last=Lucas |first=Ann E. |year=2019 |title=Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |location=Berkeley |isbn=978-0-520-97203-2 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=Mln0DwAAQBAJ}} |jstor=j.ctv1f884pp }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Nettl |first=Bruno |author-link=Bruno Nettl |year=2012 |orig-year=2006 |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] |title=Iran xi. Music |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |location=Leiden |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/iran-xi-persian-music }}
* {{cite book |last=Shehadi |first=Fadlou |year=1995 |title=Philosophies of Music in Medieval Islam |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-24721-5 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=deV5DwAAQBAJ}} }}
* {{cite book |last=Touma |first=Habib Hassan |author-link=Habib Hassan Touma |translator-last=Schwartz |translator-first=Laurie |year=1996 |title=The Music of the Arabs |publisher=Amadeus Press |location=Portland |isbn=978-0-931340-88-8 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Waele |first=Eric De |date=1989 |title=Musicians and Musical Instruments on the Rock Reliefs in the Elamite Sanctuary of Kul-e Farah (Izeh) |journal=[[Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies|Iran]] |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |volume=27 |pages=29–38 |jstor=4299814 |doi=10.2307/4299814 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Wright |first1=Owen |last2=Poché |first2=Christian |last3=Shiloah |first3=Amnon |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |author-link2=Christian Poché |title=Arab music |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01139 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000001139 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Wright |first=Owen |year=2001a |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |section=2. The early period (to 900 CE) }} (In {{harvtxt|Wright|Poché|Shiloah|2001}})
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Wright |first=Owen |year=2001b |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |section=3. The later Abbasids (900–1258) }} (In {{harvtxt|Wright|Poché|Shiloah|2001}})
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Wright |first=Owen |year=2001c |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |section=4. Mongols and Mamluks (1258–1517) }} (In {{harvtxt|Wright|Poché|Shiloah|2001}})

'''South Asia'''
* {{cite book |editor-last=Arnold |editor-first=Alison |year=2000 |title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent |publisher=Garland Publishing Inc. |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC}} }}
** {{cite book |last=Flora |first=Reis |year=2000 |title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent |chapter=Classification of Musical Instruments |pages=319–330 }} (In {{harvtxt|Arnold|2000}}) 
* {{cite journal |last=Athavale |first=R. B. |date=1964 |title=Ancient Sanskrit Drama and Music |journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |publisher=[[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute]] |volume=45 |issue=1/4 |pages=19–28 |jstor=41682440 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Qureshi |first1=Regula |last2=Powers |first2=Harold S. |author-link2=Harold S. Powers |last3=Katz |first3=Jonathan |last4=Widdess |first4=Richard |author-link4=Richard Widdess |last5=Geekie |first5=Gordon |last6=Dick |first6=Alastair |last7=Sen |first7=Devdan |last8=Jairazbhoy |first8=Nazir A. |author-link=Nazir A. Jairazbhoy |last9=Manuel |first9=Peter |last10=Simon |first10=Robert |last11=Palackal |first11=Joseph J. |author-link11=Joseph J. Palackal |last12=Brar |first12=Soniya K. |last13=Kelting |first13=M. Whitney |last14=Henry |first14=Edward O. |last15=Lord |first15=Maria |last16=Arnold |first16=Alison |last17=Pinckney |first17=Warren |last18=Vatsyayan |first18=Kapila |author-link18=Kapila Vatsyayan |last19=Wade |first19=Bonnie C. |last20=Kaur |first20=Inderjit N. |year=2020 |orig-year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=India, subcontinent of |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43272 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000043272 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
** {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Powers |first1=Harold S. |author-link1=Harold S. Powers |last2=Katz |first2=Jonathan |year=2020 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=India, subcontinent of |section=II. History of classical music }} (In {{harvtxt|Qureshi|Powers|Katz|Widdess|Geekie|Dick|Sen|Jairazbhoy|Manuel|Simon|Palackal|Brar|Kelting|Henry|Lord|Arnold|Pinckney|Vatsyayan|Wade|Kaur|2020}}
* {{cite journal |last=Rowell |first=Lewis |date=Autumn 1981 |title=Early Indian Musical Speculation and the Theory of Melody |journal=[[Journal of Music Theory]] |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=217–244 |doi=10.2307/843650 |jstor=843650 }}
* {{cite book |last=Rowell |first=Lewis |year=2015 |title=Music and Musical Thought in Early India |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |location=Chicago |isbn=978-0-226-73034-9 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=h5_UCgAAQBAJ}} }}
* {{cite book |last1=Sorrell |first1=Neil |last2=Narayan |first2=Ram |year=1980 |title=Indian Music in Performance: A Practical Introduction |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=978-0-7190-0756-9 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=jNhRAQAAIAAJ}} }}
* {{cite book |last=Te Nijenhuis |first=Emmie |author-link=Emmie te Nijenhuis |year=1974 |title=Indian Music: History and Structure |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-03978-0 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=NrgfAAAAIAAJ}} }}

'''Europe'''
* {{cite book |editor-last1=Abraham |editor-first1=Gerald |editor-link=Gerald Abraham |editor-last2=Hughes |editor-first2=Dom Anselm |year=1960 |title=Ars Nova and the Renaissance 1300-1540 |series=The New Oxford History of Music |volume=III |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-316303-4 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Antcliffe |first=Herbert|author-link1=Herbert Antcliffe |date=October 1949 |title=What Music Meant to the Romans |journal=[[Music & Letters]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=337–344 |doi=10.1093/ml/XXX.4.337 |jstor=730675 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Chew |first1=Geoffrey |author-link1=Geoffrey Chew (musicologist) |last2=Mathiesen |first2=Thomas J. |author-link2=Thomas J. Mathiesen |last3=Payne |first3=Thomas B. |last4=Fallows |first4=David |authorlink4=David Fallows |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Song |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.50647 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000050647 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
** {{cite encyclopedia |last=Chew |first=Geoffrey |author-link=Geoffrey Chew (musicologist) |others=Revised by [[Thomas J. Mathiesen]] |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Song |section=2. Antiquity }} (In {{harvtxt|Chew|Mathiesen|Payne|Fallows|2001}})
* {{cite book |last=Fassler |first=Margot |author-link=Margot Fassler |editor-last=Frisch |editor-first=Walter |year=2014 |title=Music in the Medieval West |series=Western Music in Context: A Norton History |edition=1st |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-92915-7 }}
* {{cite book |last=Grout |first=Donald Jay |author-link=Donald Jay Grout |year=1973 |title=A History of Western Music |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-09416-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwestern00grou }}
* {{cite book |last=Hoppin |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Hoppin |year=1978 |title=Medieval Music |series=The Norton Introduction to Music History |edition=1st |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-09090-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Leach |first=Elizabeth Eva |author-link=Elizabeth Eva Leach |year=2014 |title=Guillaume de Machaut: Secretary, Poet, Musician |publisher=[[Cornell University Press]] |location=Ithaca, New York |isbn=978-1-5017-0486-4 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=AvWDDwAAQBAJ}} }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Levy |first=Kenneth |others=Revised by Christian Troelsgård |editor-first1=Christian |editor-last1=Troelsgård |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Byzantine Chant |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04494 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000004494 }}
* {{cite book |last=Mathiesen |first=Thomas J. |author-link=Thomas J. Mathiesen |year=1999 |title=Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages |publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] |location=Lincoln |isbn=978-0-8032-3079-8 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=Td5odzctae8C}} }}
* {{cite book |last=Mellas |first=Andrew |year=2020 |title=Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium: Compunction and Hymnody |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-1-108-76736-1 |doi=10.1017/9781108767361 |s2cid=225623021 }}
* {{cite book |last=Murray |first=Penelope |author-link=Penelope Murray |editor-last1=Lynch |editor-first1=Tosca A. C. |editor-last2=Rocconi |editor-first2=Eleonora |year=2020 |title=A Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music |chapter=The Mythology of the Muses |series=Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |location=Hoboken |isbn=978-1-119-27547-3 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=emnuDwAAQBAJ}} }}
* {{cite book |last=Reese |first=Gustave |author-link=Gustave Reese |year=1959 |title=Music in the Renaissance |edition=revised |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-09530-2 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Romanou |first1=Katy |last2=Mathiesen |first2=Thomas J. |author-link2=Thomas J. Mathiesen |last3=Lingas |first3=Alexander |last4=Maliaras |first4=Nikos |last5=Chaldaiakis |first5=Achilleus |last6=Plemmenos |first6=John |last7=Bamichas |first7=Pyrros |last8=Kardamis |first8=Kostas |last9=Kontossi |first9=Sofia |last10=Economides |first10=Myrto |last11=Tragaki |first11=Dafni |last12=Tsagkarakis |first12=Ioannis |last13=Chardas |first13=Kostas |last14=Seiragakis |first14=Manolis |last15=Chianis |first15=Sotirios |last16=Brandl |first16=Rudolph M. |year=2019 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Greece |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.3000000167 |isbn=9781561592630 |url-access= |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-3000000167 |doi-access=free }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
* {{cite book |last=Stolba |first=Marie |year=1990 |title=The Development of Western Music: A History |publisher=[[W.C. Brown Co.]] |location=Dubuque |isbn= 978-0-697-00182-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/developmentofwes0000stol_f7b0 |url-access=registration }}
* {{cite book |last=Strohm |first=Reinhard |author-link=Reinhard Strohm |year=2005 |title=The Rise of European Music, 1380-1500 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-61934-9 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=8gwToY1HEoIC}} }}
* {{cite journal |last=Touliatos-Banker |first=Diane |date=Spring 1984 |title=Women Composers of Medieval Byzantine Chant |journal=College Music Symposium |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=62–80 |jstor=40374217 }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Touliatos |first=Diane |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Byzantine secular music |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48192 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000048192 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last1=Wolinski |first1=Mary |last2=Borders |first2=James |date=26 February 2020 |encyclopedia=[[Oxford Bibliographies Online|Oxford Bibliographies]]: Music |title=Medieval Music |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/OBO/9780199757824-0269 |isbn=978-0-19-975782-4 |url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199757824/obo-9780199757824-0269.xml |url-access=subscription}} {{subscription required}}
* {{cite book |last=Yudkin |first=Jeremy |year=1989 |title=Music in Medieval Europe |edition=1st |publisher=[[Prentice Hall]] |location=[[Upper Saddle River]] |isbn=978-0-13-608192-0 }}
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