You mean in reality or the song?...
The first known composers of classical music were
Hermannus Contractus and Hildegard Von Bingen. Contractus was an 11th century monk who composed hymns and chants that are believed to be some of the earliest cla
No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, or whistled the first tune, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled what we know today as music. But researchers do know it happened thousands of years ago. The earliest civilizations throughout Africa, Europe and Asia had music.
Who was the first recorded singer?
Scientists widely agree that the voice belongs to
Scott de Martinville, who was singing the song unusually slowly. Throughout the rest of the 1800s, various recordings were made on Edison's phonograph cylinder, including the voice of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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first string instrument 2500 BC
But for the title of oldest extant song, most historians point to “Hurrian Hymn No. 6,” an ode to the goddess Nikkal that was composed in cuneiform by
the ancient Hurrians sometime around the 14th century B.C.
What is the oldest song known to man?
The “
Hurrian Hymn” is the earliest known song to be recorded in writing, dating to around the 13th century BCE.
"Sumer is icumen in" is the incipit of a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century;
I wonder if the Beatles, Stones, Elvis will be played in 1400 years from now. Will people know who Elvis is? I'm sure smart people on Jeopardy will know.
