3rd millennium BC in music explained

3rd millennium BC in music - 2nd millennium BC in music - 1st millennium BC in music

Events

• 3000 BC - The invention of the castanets in Early Dynastic Egypt.^[1]
• 2800 BC - The invention of the clapper, a basic form of percussion instrument, in Early Dynastic Egypt.^[2]
• 2800 BC - The invention of the harp and the lyre in Mesopotamia.^[3]
• 2550–2450 BC - The invention of the Bull Headed Lyre of Ur, string instrument used in Mesopotamia.
• 2550-2450 BC - The invention of the Lyres of Ur, a stringed musical instrument from the Early Dynastic III Period of Mesopotamia.^[4]
• 2500 BC - Around ninety royal servants—including soldiers, grooms, and female musicians—were buried alive in the tomb of a royal couple in Ur.
• 2500 BC - The invention of thin lyres in northern Syria.^[5]
• 2500 BC - The invention of thick lyres in Uruk and Susa.
• 2686-2181 BC - The invention of the Sistrum, a musical instrument of the percussion family.^[6]
• 2600 BC - The creation of Standard of Ur which includes soundbox of a musical instrument^{[7] [8]}
• 2300 BC - The earliest known composer is born, Enheduanna, priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn).
• 2200 BC - A song was composed during the Old Kingdom of Egypt and subsequently buried in a tomb.

See also

• Timeline of musical events

References

1. Web site: The Music of Antiquity . 2024-10-07 . CNRS News . en.
2. Book: Sachs, Curt . The History of Musical Instruments . 2012-09-19 . Courier Corporation . 978-0-486-17151-7 . en.
3. Web site: 3100-1000 BCE . 2024-10-07 . Oxford Reference . en . 10.1093/acref/9780191735363.timeline.0001. 2024-11-03 .
4. Book: Michael Chanan . Musica Practica: The Social Practice of Western Music from Gregorian Chant to Postmodernism . Verso . 1994 . 978-1-85984-005-4 . 170.
5. Web site: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Music . Tour Egypt.
6. Web site: 2023-12-08 . Sistrum: The Sacred Shaker in Ancient Egyptian Rituals - Golden Musical Instruments . 2024-10-07 . en-US.
7. Web site: 2015-10-29 . British Museum - The Standard of Ur . 2024-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151029083431/https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/t/the_standard_of_ur.aspx . 2015-10-29 .
8. Web site: 2020-02-02 . Music on Earth . 2024-10-07 . Chasing the Chords . en.