Timeline: Music instruments

2500 BCE

harp

Ancient Egypt https://www.harp.com/history-of-the-harp/

1300

Trombone

Belgium Study.com
https://study.com › academy › lesson › trombone-histor...

1388

Recorder

europe https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/recd/hd_recd.htm#:~:text=The%20two%20earliest%20extant%20recor

1433

Johannes Tinctoris

(born 1436, Nivelles?, duchy of Brabant [now in Belgium]—died October 1511, Nivelles) was a Flemish music theorist, composer, and author of the earliest dictionary of musical terms. Guillaume Dufay: A prominent Franco-Flemish composer and poet, Dufay's works had a profound impact on Tinctoris's compositional style, and he is often credited as a major influence on Tinctoris's musical development. notable works : Missa l'homme armé.

1500

snare drum

Europe Historic Drumming
https://www.historicdrumming.com › history-of-the-sna...

1520

cello

Italy https://stagemusiccenter.com/music-school-blog-winchester-acton-ma/2019/9/6/cello-history-fun-facts-and-benefits-of-learning

1550

Violin

italy https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/violin/structure/#:~:text=Though%20the%20violin%20was%20introduced,coexisted%20in%20the%20Baroque%20period.

1567

Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi (baptized May 15, 1567, Cremona, Duchy of Milan [Italy]—died November 29, 1643, Venice) was an Italian composer in the late Renaissance, the most important developer of the then new genre, the opera. He also did much to bring a “modern” secular spirit into music. Giaches de Wert was a major influence L'Orfeo, SV 318 is one notable work

1600

Harpsichord

italy Britannica
https://www.britannica.com › ... › Music, Classical

1600

Viola

northern Italy https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/violin/structure/structure004.html#:~:text=The%20origin%20of%20the%20viola&text=Nobody%20kn

1600

maracas

South america Grinnell College
https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu › MusicalInstruments › item

1600

monody

style of accompanied solo song consisting of a vocal line, which is frequently embellished, and simple, often expressive, harmonies. It arose about 1600, particularly in Italy Vincenzo Galilei (1520 – 1591)

1650

Crumhorn

Germany Early Music Muse
https://earlymusicmuse.com › crumhorn-short-history

1660

Johann Joseph Fux

Johann Joseph Fux (born c. 1660, Hirtenfeld, Styria, Austria—died Feb. 13, 1741, Vienna) was an Austrian composer, one of the most successful of his time, whose theoretical work on counterpoint, Gradus ad Parnassum, influenced generations of composers and teachers. J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven.is a major influence notable work :Costanza e fortezza

1683

Jean-Philippe Rameau

(baptized September 25, 1683, Dijon, France—died September 12, 1764, Paris) was a French composer of the late Baroque period, best known today for his harpsichord music, operas, and works in other theatrical genres but in his lifetime also famous as a music theorist. one major influence was Louis Marchand,
one notable work : Hippolyte et Aricie