Academic paper from 2008 in the field of musicology, grade: 1.0, University of Hildesheim, 0 sources in the bibliography, language: German. Abstract: This text provides an overview of the earliest beginnings of music, illuminated by various sciences. It includes the Big Bang as well as the early development of toddlers, historical instrument finds, and the rituals of indigenous peoples. The end of the text serves less as a conclusion and more as a transition to the music theory of Ancient Greece, thus acting as a link between areas of musicological origin research that are not yet sufficiently scientifically established and those that are already well-defined.