The earliest times to the pre-classical age pt.1

Music makes it's appearance in the west in the first centuries of the christian era in such a hamble to think that this was where it began, but in the distant past around thirty-five senturies B.C in the inhabitatants of Mesopotamia played on various kind of instruments there are concert held too. fragments have been discovered of harps,lyres and a sort of double oboe which was probably the predecessorof the Greek aulos.
the Egypt of the Pharaohs is still rich in relics. As early as the fourth dynasty, that is to say 2,700 B.C the paintings and bas-relief found in the royal tombs often repersent group of performers on musical instruments and most resembling our mordenorchestra. egyptology possess numerous examples of flutes,cynbals,sistraand harps of various of design

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