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The early a cappella polyphonies may have had an accompanying instrument, although this instrument would merely double the singers' parts and was not independent. The polyphony of Christian a cappella music began to develop in Europe around the late 15th century AD, with compositions by Josquin des Prez. The Psalms note that some early songs were accompanied by string instruments, though Jewish and Early Christian music was largely a cappella the use of instruments has subsequently increased within both of these religions as well as in Islam. The madrigal, up until its development in the early Baroque into an instrumentally accompanied form, is also usually in a cappella form. Gregorian chant is an example of a cappella singing, as is the majority of secular vocal music from the Renaissance.
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Religious origins Ī cappella music was originally used in religious music, especially church music as well as anasheed and zemirot.
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while the earliest that has survived in its entirety is from the first century A.D.: a piece from Greece called the Seikilos epitaph. The earliest piece of sheet music is thought to have originated from times as early as 2000 B.C. Research suggests that singing and vocables may have been what early humans used to communicate before the invention of language.