The World's Earliest Music Traced to Its Beginnings in Ancient Lands by Collected Evidence of Relics, Records, History, and Musical Instruments from Greece, Etruria, Egypt, China, Through Asyria and Babylonia, to the Primitive Home, the Land of Akkad and Sumer

"The World's Earliest Music" by Hermann Smith is a journey through time to uncover the roots of music in ancient civilizations. Smith uses relics, records, and the history of musical instruments found in places like Greece, Egypt, and Babylonia to piece together the story of how music began. The book explores the challenges of understanding ancient music due to limited artifacts, relying on carvings, paintings, and archaeological finds to rebuild the past. Smith shows how music, culture, geography, and history are all mixed together, arguing that our music today has grown from ancient Egypt and Greece.