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The “Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal”, found on clay tablets that date back to approximately 1400 BC, is the oldest surviving notated work of music. Expressive qualities are these components in music that create change in music with out altering the primary pitches or considerably altering the rhythms of the melody and its accompaniment.

Church choirs grew in dimension, and the church remained an necessary patron of music. By the middle of the 15th century, composers wrote richly polyphonic sacred music, in which different melody traces were interwoven simultaneously. Prominent composers from this era embody Guillaume Dufay, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Thomas Morley, and Orlande de Lassus.

Flutes are sometimes found, carved from bones in which lateral holes have been pierced; these are thought to have been blown at one end just like the Japanese shakuhachi. The Divje Babe flute, carved from a cave bear femur, is thought to be no … Read More