Music timeline | Timetoast Timelines

3350 BCE

Harp

Strings
https://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/History-of-the-Harp-for-Library-2-3-21.pdf
900 BCE

Flute

Woodwind
https://www.gutekunstflute.com/the-flute-family
500 BCE

Maracas

Percussion
https://artsphere.org/maraca/#:~:text=The%20maracas%20were%20invented%20around,the%20Ta%C3%ADnos%20of%20Puerto%20Rico.
1300

Lute

Strings
https://lutesocietyofamerica.org/about/instruments/lute/
Period: 1350 to 1412

Zacara Da Teramo

Renaissance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacara_da_Teramo
Period: 1355 to 1436

Paolo De Firenze

Renaissance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_da_Firenze
Period: 1357 to 1423

Hugo Von Montfont

Renaissance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_von_Montfort
Period: 1360 to 1426

Giovanni Mazzuoli

Renaissance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Mazzuoli
1397

Harpischord

Percussion
https://philharmonia.org/learn-and-listen/baroque-instruments/harpsichord/
1490

Crumhorn

Woodwind
https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/renaissance-instruments/crumhorn/
1500

SackButt

Brass
https://www.britannica.com/art/sackbut#:~:text=sackbut%2C%20
1500

Trumbone

Brass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone
1520

Cello

Strings
https://www.britannica.com/art/cello#:~:text=cello%2C%20bass%20musical%20instrument%20of,two%20octaves%20below%20middle%20C
Period: 1521 to 1603

Phillipe de Monte

Baroque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Monte
Period: 1525 to 1603

Baldassare Donato

Baroque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldassare_Donato
Period: 1529 to 1601

Costanzo Porta

Baroque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costanzo_Porta
Period: 1530 to 1606

Guillaume Costeley

Baroque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Costeley
1555

Violin

Strings
https://www.britannica.com/art/stringed-instrument/The-violin-family
1636

Bassoon

Woodwind
https://www.britannica.com/art/bassoon#:~:text=The%20present%20construction%20in%20four,the%20shawm%20as%20an%20oboe.
Period: 1661 to 1756

Giacomo Antonio Perti

Classical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Antonio_Perti
Period: 1663 to 1754

Nicolas Siret

Classical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Siret
Period: 1664 to 1760

Michele Mascitti

Classical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Mascitti
Period: 1667 to 1752

Johann Christoph Pepusch

Classical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christoph_Pepusch
1690

Clarinet

Wood Wind
https://syos.co/en/blogs/news/the-history-of-the-clarinet#:~:text=The%20clarinet%20was%20invented%20in,to%20play%20on%20different%20registers
1700

Oboe

Woodwind
https://www.bsmny.org/instrument-discovery/oboe/
1744

Mandolin

Strings
https://www.britannica.com/art/mandolin#:~:text=mandolin%2C%20small%20stringed%20musical%20instrument,from%20the%2016th%2Dcentury%20mandora.&text=The%20instrument's%20modern%20form%20and,Naples%20(1806%E2%80%9382).
Period: 1770 to 1841

Ferdinando Carulli

Romantic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_Carulli
Period: 1770 to 1831

Peter Hansel

Romantic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_H%C3%A4nsel
Period: 1770 to 1827

Ludwig van Beethoven

Romantic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
Period: 1770 to 1841

Edouard Du Puy

Romantic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Du_Puy
1818

Trumpet

Brass
http://www.orsymphony.org/education-community/instruments/brass/#:~:text=The%20brass%20family%20members%20that,%2C%20trombone%2C%20and%20the%20tuba.
1820

Cornet

Brass
https://www.britannica.com/art/cornet
1826

Harmonica

Woodwind
https://www.britannica.com/art/harmonica
1835

Tuba

Brass
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/tuba/structure/#:~:text=The%20first%20tuba%20was%20made%20on%20September%2012%2C%201835&text=The%20German%20military%20bandmaster%20Wilhelm,patent%20application%20for%20this%20instrument.
1846

Saxophone

Wood Wind
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/saxophone/structure/
1886

Xylophone

Percussion
https://www.britannica.com/art/xylophone
1900

Bongos

Percussion
https://www.britannica.com/art/bongo-drum
1900

Congos

Percussion
https://www.britannica.com/place/Belgian-Congo