Timeline of European Art and Music - The Seventh Century BC

Music timestamps

0:00 - 7th century BC - Olympos Pentatonic scale - Introduced to Greece sometime in the 7th century BC by the aulos player, "Olympos". Olympus (or Olympos, Greek: Ὄλυμπος) is the name of two ancient Greek musicians, one mythical who lived before the Trojan war, and one apparently real, who lived in the 7th century BC. Both musicians were connected with the auletic music, which had its origin in Phrygia. It is possible that the elder and mythical Olympus was invented through some mistake respecting the younger and historical Olympus. Instrumental music was apparently introduced into Greece by Olympus"

3:10 - 650 BC - Ekleipsis (disappearance or abandonment) - Lyrics by Archilocos - A Greek lyric poet of the Archaic period from the island of Paros. He is celebrated for his versatile and innovative use of poetic meters, and is the earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of his own emotions and experiences.

8:02 - 7th century BC - Etude (Study) in the Olympos Pentatonic Scale - The word "pentatonic" comes from the Greek word pente meaning five and tonic meaning tone. Simply put, the pentatonic scale consists of five notes within one octave, which is why it is also sometimes referred to as a five-tone scale or five-note scale.

10:48 - Late 7th century BC - Alcaeus (Greek) - Tenge pleúmonas oino - Lyrics by Alcaeus - A lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. He was a contemporary of Sappho, with whom he may have exchanged poems. He was born into the aristocratic governing class of Mytilene, the main city of Lesbos, where he was involved in political disputes and feuds.