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Timeline of trends in music to 1899
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)*[[1377]]
**Musicians at the papal chapel in [[Avignon]] move to [[Rome]], making it the capital of music in Europe
*[[1385]]
**The marriage of [[Charles the VI]] and [[Isabella of Bavaria]] is the first French [[court ball]]
*c. [[1400]]
**The [[dulcimer]] is invented
**Secular songs with French lyrics, [[chanson]]s, are popular

*[[1400]]
**The [[Thai]]s sack [[Angkor]] and bring [[apsara]] dancers back to the royal Thai court
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*c. [[1420]]
**The [[Burgundian School]] begins
*c. [[1426]]
**[[Holland]] becomes the musical capital of [[Europe]]
*[[1430]]
**The [[Renaissance]] begins, leading to the increasing popularity of secular music as well as the diversification of musical styles across Europe
*[[1465]]
**First printed music appears in [[Europe]]
(contracted; show full)**Handel's ''[[Messiah]]'' premieres in [[Dublin]]
*[[1750]]
**Bach dies; this is often considered the end of the Baroque period and the beginning of the relatively simple [[Classical]] period
*[[1751]]
**The [[minuet]] becomes the most popular dance in [[Europe]]
*[[1762]]
**[[Christoph Willibald von Glück]] writes ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' with the express purpose ofreturning opera to its roots

*[[1767]]
**The Burmese sack [[Ayuthaya]] and bring Thai musicians to their homeland, thus leading to a mixture of Burmese, Thai and Cambodian musics in Burma and elsewhere in southeast Asia
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*[[1772]]
**The [[barrel organ]] is invented
*[[1773]]
**[[Waltz]] is popular in [[Vienna]]
*[[1774]]
**Earliest [[flamenco]] appears in [[Spain]]
*[[1780]]
**[[Sebastiano Carezo]] invents the [[bolero]] in [[Spain]]
(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]]