It's almost inconceivable to write a prehistory of music because Edison invents the phonograph in 1877 and prior to that, we have no record of any sound.
Edison founded it by bringing together his electricity companies, and over the decades, General Electric grew into a massive business conglomerate dominating aviation, TV, appliances, finances, healthcare.
Famous inventor and businessman Thomas Edison said, " Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt."