antiquity and middle ages

  • 800 BCE

    Gregorian Chant

    Gregorian Chant is a type of religious music from the Catholic Church.Monks sang it in Latin, with only one melody and no instruments.
    It was created to pray and praise God, and it is named after Pope Gregory I.
  • Epitaph of Seikilos
    100 BCE

    Epitaph of Seikilos

    The Epitaph of Seikilos is the oldest complete piece of music in the world. It was found on a stone column near the ancient city of Ephesus (in today’s Turkey). It was written by a man named Seikilos for a woman called Euterpe.