Andalusi Classical Music Wikipedia

Musical notation was used since historical instances in Greek culture, but in the Middle Ages, notation was first launched by the Catholic Church, so chant melodies might be written down, to facilitate the usage of the same melodies for non secular music across the Catholic empire. The only Art & Music news European Medieval repertory that has been found, in written kind, from before 800 is the monophonic liturgical plainsong chant of the Catholic Church, the central custom of which was referred to as Gregorian chant. Alongside these traditions of sacred and church music there existed a vibrant custom of secular track (non-religious songs).