History of music performance By PatrickF 6000 BCE Cavemen used drums and bone flutes Cavemen used drums and bone flutes to preform hunting rituals. Period: 4500 BCE to 1900 BCE Sumerians use music in religious ceremony’s Sumerians were believed to use musical performances to “heighten awe in a worship experience” Period: 800 BCE to 146 BCE Greeks use music for poetry dancing and early dramas The Greeks used music to preform with poetry and entertain.