2nd millennium BC in music

3rd millennium BC in music - 2nd millennium BC in music - 1st millennium BC in music

Events

 * c. 2000 BC - Percussion instruments are added to Egyptian orchestras.
 * c. 2000 BC - The trumpet is played in Denmark.
 * c. 1580–1295 BC - Harps are played in Egypt.
 * c. 1500 BC - Guitar, lyre, trumpet, and tambourine are used by the Hittites.
 * c. 1400 BC - The Hurrian song, the earliest known song ever discovered, is engraved on a clay tablet.