However, such evidence indicates that music existed to some extent in prehistoric societies such as the Xia dynasty and the Indus Valley Civilisation. There is little known about prehistoric music, with traces mainly limited to some simple flutes and percussion instruments. 40,000 BP of the Upper Paleolithic by evidence of bone flutes, though it remains unclear whether or not the actual origins lie in the earlier Middle Paleolithic period (300,000 to 50,000 BP). The music of prehistoric cultures is first firmly dated to c. Most cultures have their own mythical origins concerning the invention of music, generally rooted in their respective mythological, religious or philosophical beliefs. Many theories have been proposed by scholars from a wide range of disciplines, though none have achieved wide approval.
The origins of music remain highly contentious commentators often relate it to the origin of language, with much disagreement surrounding whether music arose before, after or simultaneously with language. Though definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and music is thus considered a cultural universal. The history of music covers the historical development and presence of music from prehistoric times to the present day. Joseph Haydn playing in a string quartet, in a painting from before 1790.A man playing the didgeridoo, an indigenous instrument of Australia.A man playing the gendèr outside of the Embassy of Indonesia, Canberra.Performers in the Samba de Roda festival, a music and dance celebration in the Bahia region of Brazil.Mountain Chief recording on a phonograph for Frances Densmore, 1916.Sculptures on the Jagdish Temple, Udaipur of musicians, one of which plays an instrument similar to the Rudra veena.The Seikilos column with the Seikilos epitaph, dated to the 2nd-Century CE or later.
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