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2nd millennium BC in music

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Events

  • 2000 BC - Percussion instruments are added to Egyptian orchestras.
  • 2000 BC - The trumpet is played in Denmark.
  • 1580–1295 BC - Harps are played in Egypt.
  • 1500 BC - Guitar, lyre, trumpet, and tambourine are used by the Hittites.
  • 1400 BC - Hurrian songs, the oldest musical notation, is written in the ancient Amorite-Canaanite city of Ugarit.

References

References

  1. (May 19, 2016). "Music & Singing in Egypt".
  2. 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.
  3. "Harp". [[The Met Fifth Avenue]].
  4. Wright, John W.. (2004). "The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge". St. Martin’s Press.
  5. Duchesne-Guillemin, Marcelle. (1980). "Sur la Restitution de la Musique Hourrite". Revue de Musicologie.
  6. 978-1575060293 (179 pages)
  7. Dumbrill, Richard J.. (2005). "The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East". Trafford Publ.
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