History of music performance

  • 6000 BCE

    Cavemen used drums and bone flutes

    Cavemen used drums and bone flutes to preform hunting rituals.
  • Period: 4500 BCE to 1900 BCE

    Sumerians use music in religious ceremony’s

    Sumerians were believed to use musical performances to “heighten awe in a worship experience”
  • Period: 800 BCE to 146 BCE

    Greeks use music for poetry dancing and early dramas

    The Greeks used music to preform with poetry and entertain.