Antiquity/Ancient Music

(Prehistoric – 200 AD)

Music Development Theories

•  Match rhythmic sounds with human movement – chanting, clapping, stomping, etc.

•  Imitate Nature – birds, ocean, rain, caves, etc.

•  Spontaneous vocal expression of emotion – anger, fear, anguish, joy, etc.

•  communication – drums, trumpets, horns, bones

Proof of Music

•  Cave drawings

•  Instruments have been found – whistles, drums, bones, sticks

•  Oral and written stories that have been passed down

Why music was created

•  Accompany rituals or ceremonies – dances, births, deaths, hunting, marriage, religion, etc.

•  Tell a story

•  Express emotion and communicate

•  Magical powers – thought to affect character, life and well-being

Greeks

•  Developed one of the first notation systems

•  Created first music festival in 586 BC

•  Greek words – music, rhythm, harmony, and cymbal

•  Depicted instruments – lyre and kithara (small harp)

Syrinx (panpipes)

Tympanon (timpani)

Hydraulus (water organ)

Lesson Ideas

•  Create drumming signals or calls

•  Listen to Planet Drum CD

Prehistoric	Medieval	Renaissance
Baroque	Classical	Romantic
	20th Century