Project Gutenberg 2016-09-13 Public domain in the USA. 394 Smith, Hermann 1824 1910 04031598 The World's Earliest Music Traced to Its Beginnings in Ancient Lands by Collected Evidence of Relics, Records, History, and Musical Instruments from Greece, Etruria, Egypt, China, Through Asyria and Babylonia, to the Primitive Home, the Land of Akkad and Sumer E-text prepared by deaurider, turgut, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The World's Earliest Music" by Hermann Smith is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores the origins and evolution of music across ancient civilizations, particularly focusing on the evidence of musical instruments from regions like Greece, Egypt, China, Assyria, and Babylonia. The author aims to shed light on how these early cultures shaped the development of musical expression and the significance of music in their daily lives. At the start of the book, Smith introduces the idea of a "music-trail" that leads us through the remnants of ancient civilizations and their musical instruments. He contemplates the challenges in understanding ancient music due to the scarcity of intact artifacts and emphasizes the value of rock carvings, paintings, and archaeological findings in reconstructing musical history. The author also highlights the interconnectedness of music, culture, geography, and history, indicating that our current understanding of music is derived from the evolution and transmission of musical ideas over millennia, particularly from ancient Egypt and Greece. Smith invites readers to engage in this journey to explore how the nuances of ancient music continue to resonate through time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 59.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Music -- To 500 -- History and criticism ML Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Music Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 722281 2025-09-21T07:53:40.773822 text/html 681583 2024-10-23T01:07:04 text/html 2371155 2025-09-21T07:53:54.003745 application/epub+zip 2380704 2025-09-21T07:53:43.653829 application/epub+zip 339341 2025-09-21T07:53:42.198784 application/epub+zip 2588424 2025-09-21T07:54:00.712701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2523603 2025-09-21T07:53:52.322751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 493771 2022-09-24T04:52:26.271953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 572375 2025-09-21T07:53:38.657792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 552450 2024-10-23T01:07:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16517 2025-09-21T07:54:00.876729 application/rdf+xml 22458 2025-09-21T07:53:42.369822 image/jpeg 3593 2025-09-21T07:53:42.285795 image/jpeg 2169219 2025-09-21T07:53:41.027852 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog