Eps 683: origin of music

The first music may have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become a fundamental constituent of human life, using various different materials to make various instruments.
During the Baroque era, polyphonic contrapuntal music, in which multiple, simultaneous independent melody lines were used, remained important (counterpoint was important in the vocal music of the Medieval era).
Instrumental music quickly replaced opera and other sung forms (such as oratorio ) as the favorite of the musical audience and the epitome of great composition.