Трагом записа Теофилакта Симокате
Following the Records of Theophylact Simocata

Summary/Abstract: The earliest record that testifes to the South Slavic music is the one lef by the Byzantine chronicler Teophylact Simocata in his History. It is said that in 592, the emperor Maurice captured three Slavic men near Enaton, who did not have any weapons on them, but had only musical instruments, most probably lyres. Some written sources also mention the horns. Implementing the knowledge obtained through etymological analyses and the extant ethnological practice, as well as archaeological artefacts, it may be said that the Slavs of the said period used jingle bells, futes and bagpipes. Te music, both instrumental and vocal, was common to religious as well as entertainment purposes.

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