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A few thousand years to the court of Henry VIII of England (1500). Henry had a collection of 76 recorders. Recorders remained a very popular instrument and even appeared in plays by William Shakespeare such as Hamlet.
A career on the stage beckons unfortunately by the 18th century people spent more time listening to orchestras and the recorder became less popular
In the 20th century people realize that recorders were a great first instrument to learn. they became popular again and children all over the world learned to play them.
By the 1960s recorders were being used in pop songs by bands like the Beatles
In the 21st century recorders could be heard in hit movies such as Lord of the Rings which leads us to the present day.
It has been played ever since cave people were around. Prehistoric people like our friend here made recorders out of bits of animal bone.