Evolution of Music

From 40,000 BC to the 17th century AD.

0:00 Neanderthal Bone Flute - 40 000 BC
0:29 Prehistorical Flute - 14 000 BC
0:45 Gilgamesh, as sung by Peter Pringle - 2100 BC
1:16 Brahma Samhita - 1200 BC, as sung by Anant Nitai Das
1:29 Ancient Chinese Court Music - 1100 BC
1:49 The Iliad by Homer - 800 BC, as sung by Silvio Zinsstag
2:41 Ancient Celtic Music - 1000 BC
3:01 Hymn to Nemesis - 100 AD
3:20 Ancient Roman Music - 100 BC
3:45 Te Deum - 400 AD
4:07 Béowulf, as sung by Benjamin Bagby - 700 AD
4:52 O Aggelos Eboa - 1100 AD
5:15 Ja nus hons pris - 1192 AD, as sung by Luc Arbogast ; and then the Occitan version by the Ensemble Perceval
6:00 A l'entrada del temps clar - 1200 AD, as performed by Mont-Jòia
6:34 Chinggis Khan, as performed by Batzorig Vaanchig
6:57 Mirie it is While Sumer Ilast - 1200 AD, as sung by Ian Pittaway
7:44 Palastinalied - 1200 AD, as sung by Arany Zoltán
8:16 Greensleeves - 1580 AD, as performed by the Baltimore Consort
8:33 La Spagna, or Danza Alta - 1500 AD
8:54 Hon'nouji - 1600 AD, as performed by Jordi Savall

[cloroxbleach]

Shoutout to the guy who recorded the music in 40000 BC

[alikhidzam]

*This video was copyright striked by the Neanderthals Co.*

[Claudio-gvlz]

Jokes aside, let’s apreciate the people who put the effort in researching translating and reproducing all these songs.

[Tyronious]

Kids in India living in 1200 BC remember Brahma Samhita playing on the radio, it truly was the biggest hit of 1200 BC.

[art_tt]

0:01 remember listening this on my iStone

[nosyposy]

When she says she’s not like other girls and doesn’t listen to mainstream music

[crusaderofthelowlands]

6:35 My grandma singing me a lullaby after 60 years of smoking.

[mololongothesequel]

0:45 Man this was the song me and the boys blasted at my trip to Sumeria... So much nostalgia, it feels as if it was yesterday.

[nani-byhv]

0:33 how you think you sounded like on your recorder during the first solo performence in elementary school
0:12 what everybody else heard

[lucasechenique]

It's sad that today's kids will never understand good music like the bone flute

[ethanhurt]

Everybody else: Music with actual instruments

Celts: *B E E*

[waltuh]

Fun fact, Gilgamesh song is the oldest tale that we know about and yet it starts with "in those ancient days"

[BiG-JuPOO]

3:22 Who ever playing that flute is killing it

[pat]

Me: listening to modern music

My Celtic ancestors who only listened to fwoom: Shame

[kikinit]

2:41
When he said "feoom fwoom fa foom foom" I really felt that, it really hit different😔✊

[dantehernandez]

8:18 something about this song bro, it's got that aesthetic that seems so fantasy-like, but oddly familiar. I love it, and the painting just helps me vision being there for a bit. Amazing stuff.

[mattelhead]

Anyone remember when *UGG* came out in 40000bc ?
Man, that sure was a crazy summer 🤤

[Produccions_Norte]

00:00 only 40000 BC kids remember this sound

[KinetiKo_]

Everybody in Eurasia gangsta til they hear mongolian throat singing

[mega_]

When he said "𒌓𒉿𒂊𒀀", I felt that.

0:47