Music History

Music goes way back in since the start of mankind, but the vocal music and songs were far more recent. Here's how it went:

• (Early 1400's) The Middle Ages
  This is significant because it was here at this time Europeans start using printing machines to record musical and historical events. 
• (Late 1400's to Mid 1650's) Renaissance Era
  Vocal music was started by the church, and Latin was the predominant language used as it was the "classy" language of the time. They were primarily "Gregorian chants", named after Pope Gregory I. The other type of vocal music other than sacred music was secular music. This was anything not religious, e.g. dancing music, love songs, songs about the weather. The common type of song composition was madrigals.

This is an example of a secular piece composed in the Renaissance, a "rockstar" song of the time.