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

Events

c. 2000 BC - Percussion instruments are added to Egyptian orchestras.^[1]
c. 2000 BC - The trumpet is played in Denmark.^[2]
c. 1580–1295 BC - Harps are played in Egypt.^[3]
c. 1500 BC - Guitar, lyre, trumpet, and tambourine are used by the Hittites.^[4]
c. 1400 BC - The Hurrian song, the earliest known song ever discovered, is engraved on a clay tablet.^[5]

References

^ "Music & Singing in Egypt". Sis.gov.eg. May 19, 2016. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ Museum, United States National (1891). Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the U.S. National Museum During the Year Ending June 30 ... U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
^ "Harp". MetMuseum.org. The Met Fifth Avenue. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^ Wright, John W.; et al. (2004). The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 0-312-31367-5.
^ Duchesne-Guillemin, Marcelle (1980). "Sur la Restitution de la Musique Hourrite". Revue de Musicologie (in French). 66 (1): 10.

v t e Ancient music
By region	Mesopotamia Hittites Egypt India China Persia Parthian Sasanian Greece Rome Maya Celtic
Extant music	Delphic Hymns Hurrian songs Katolophyromai Oxyrhynchus hymn Seikilos epitaph
By millennium	2nd millennium BC 1st millennium BC 1st millennium
Preceded by Prehistoric music