ABSTRACT
Rhythms and sounds are part of the nature of the universe, and the primitive music was first of all rhythmic, sung and danced, before being instrumental and melodic. The sound production is common among birds and other animals, such as the chimpanzees, the dolphins and the bats, to cite a few, but the musical creation, as far as it is known, only happens among humans. Charles Darwin, in his classical book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”, published in 1859, speculated on the human ability to create music. The Middle Ages, or medieval period, was as an era dominated by catholic sacred music, which began as a simple chant but grew in complexity in the 13th to 15th centuries by experiments in harmony and rhythm. The Renaissance was an era that witnessed the rebirth of learning and exploration.
