-
1400 BCE
Hurrian Hymn NO.6 To Nikkal
First song known to Man
Syria -
1100 BCE
Sᾱmaveda "Of the Vedas, I am the Sama"
A song of worship
India -
900 BCE
Psalm 95 Chant
The chant of a Hebrew singing Psalm 95 from the Hebrew bible
Jerusalem -
600 BCE
"You Lan"
Ancient Chinese song of the Tang Dynasty played on a Guqin
China -
400 BCE
Euripides: Satismon Chorus from Oretes
Greek chant
Ancient Greece -
300 BCE
Traditional Chinese Music
Played in the tomb of Xuzhou during Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty, China -
200 BCE
Seiklos Epitaph
The earliest complete tune
Ancient Greece -
100 BCE
Anonymous Lyre Composition
Reconstructed
Ancient Rome -
1 BCE
Flaccus
Unname Rome Song
Ancient Rome -
100
Mesomes Of Crete
Hymn to Nemesis
Ancient Greece
100 AD -
300
The Oxyrhynchus Hymn
The Earliest Christian Theme
Medieval Europe
300 AD -
500
Kyrie Eleysone
Byzantine Empire
500 AD -
600
The Hymn Of Nativity
St. Romanos the Melodist
Byzantine Empire
600 AD -
700
Christmas Gradual Viderunt Omnes
700 AD -
900
Musicia Echiridas
Played on an Organum
Ancient Europe
900 AD -
1000
Tempus Est Locudum
Codex Buranus, 179
Ancient Europe
1000 AD -
1100
William IX
Pos Des Chantar M'es Pres Talenz
Medieval Europe
1100 AD -
1200
Leonin: Organum Duplum
1200 AD
Medieval Europe -
1300
Guillame De Machaut
Messe De Nostre Dame
Medieval Europe
1300 AD