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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)*[[386]]
**[[Ambrose of Milan]] introduces [[hymn]]-singing in the Christian church
*c. [[450]]
**Alternating singing between precentors and parishioners is introduced in Christian churches
*c. [[500]]
**[[Flute]]s, [[tuba]]s and [[drums]] are used in [[Peru]]
*[[521]]
**[[
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius|Boethius]] introduces [[Greek notation]] to the West
*[[600]]
**Pope [[Gregory the Great]] codifies [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[chant]]ing; it comes to be called [[Gregorian chant]]ing in his honor
*c. [[600]]
**The first flowering of [[Arab]] music occurs in what is now [[Syria]] during the rule of the [[Umayyad]] dynasty
*[[609]]
**The Celtic [[crwth]] appears
*[[619]]
(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]]