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See also: [[list of musical events]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1900-1950)]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1951-1979)]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1980-present)]]

*c. [[4000 BC]]
**[[Harp]]s and [[vertical flute]]s are played in [[Egypt]]
*c. [[3500 BC]]
**[[Double clarinet]]s and [[lyre]]s are played in [[Egypt]]
*c. [[3000 BC]]
**The [[bamboo pipe]] is invented in [[China]]
(contracted; show full)**[[Broadside ballad]]s begin their period of popularity in [[England]]
**[[Italian madrigal]]s appear
*[[1508]]
**The Spanish begin their domination of [[Puerto Rico]]
*[[1553]]
**Ancestral forms of the [[violin]] are invented
*[[1562]]
**[[Pius IV]]'s [[Counter-Reformation]] eliminates all instrumentation except the [[organ
 (music)|organ]], as well as all secular elements, [[harmony]] and folk [[melody|melodies]]
*[[1565]]
**Women are banned from singing in Christian churches; the desire for adult female voices leads to the practice of [[castration]]
*[[1574]]
**Castration is common in [[Europe]]
*[[1578]]
**[[Jean De Léry]] publishes the first account of [[music of Brazil|Brazilian music]], ''[[Viagem à Terra do Brasil]]''
*[[1587]]
(contracted; show full)**[[John Paine]]'s ''[[In Spring]]'' is the first symphony published in the US
**[[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]'' premiers
*[[1886]]
**[[Celesta]] invented
*c. [[1890]]
**[[Jean Sibelius]]' ''[[Kullervo]]'' inspires a rise in Finnish [[nationalism]], greatly influencing music in his native land
*[[1896]]
**[[Ragtime]] and [[cakewalk]] are popularized in the [[United States]]