Archives data on the organ from Kotor from 1488 and " Oktoih", "Psaltir" and other church books, printed in Cetinje or Obod between 1494 and 1496 are the oldest important traces of music culture in Montenegro.

Liturgical incunabula of Venice publisher L. A. Diunte late XV and early XVI century, kept in Monastery of St. Clara in Kotor, as well as the organ made on the Montenegrin coast, are evidence of church music in this region. Opening Franciscan "Singing School " in the XIX century in Kotor, conditioned first attempts in composing spiritual music. In addition to cherishing choir singing and occasional gathering of groups of  string and wind players, practicing music was part of national poetry and dance till the second half of the XIX c., with one-string Montenegrin instrument called gusle.

Geographic position and cultural-historical development of Montenegro were important factors in forming national poems and plays. There were several musical  areas and these are the central area, Sandzak area, coastal area, the area of Plav-Gusinje …

 

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Also, there are several different groups of Montenegrin vocal national music, and as to vocal-instrumental, main and most frequent form are songs followed by (one-string instrument) gusle and, somewhat less important, songs followed by Shepard flute in the region around Durmitor.

Before the Second World War there were two Music Schools in Montenegro: in Cetinje from 1929 and from 1937 in Podgorica, in Music Troup "Branko". Radio Tirograd played an important role in music development in Montenegro, with several vocal and instrumental troupes whose national music editorial office successfully deals in collecting and reviving folk music.  As part of Radio-Titograd, in 1959 Symphony Orchestra was formed again with which eminent Yugoslav and European artists cooperated.

Today in Montenegro we have modern music trends.