The Music Plays On — The First Music
3 min readApr 18, 2020
Like language, music has existed longer than recorded history. It is probable that the first music would’ve been sung, but not necessarily with words. If we define music as any sound that conveys emotion, then music could easily predate language. A great article about the beginnings of music can be read here.
With the first examples of the written word being approximately 5,000 years old, musical…
