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Church music is Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn.
Churchmusic is Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing...
Anglican churchmusic is music that is written for Christian worship in Anglican religious services, forming part of the liturgy. It mostly consists of...
Christian music include praise, worship, penitence and lament, and its forms vary widely around the world. Churchmusic, hymnals, gospel and worship music are...
other styles of popular music, beyond the churchmusic of hymns, gospel and Southern gospel music that was prevalent in the church at the time. Initially...
Bethel Music is an American Christian music label and publishing group based in Redding, California, originating at Bethel Church. Bethel Music began as...
Western Roman Empire. Byzantine music once included music for court ceremonies, but has only survived as vocal churchmusic within various Orthodox traditions...
and response fashion, heavily influenced by ancestral African music. Most of the churches relied on hand-clapping and foot-stomping as rhythmic accompaniment...
types of musical bands: All-female band Big band Boy band Christian band Churchmusic Concert band Cover band Dansband Fife and drum Garage rock band Girl...
a Well Appointed ChurchMusic) calling for at least 12 singers. In light of Bach's responsibility to provide music to four churches and be able to perform...
Sheet music for "Take Me to Church" shows the key of E minor, with a slow tempo of 63 beats per minute. The music video for "Take Me to Church" was made...
chamber music. From 1723, he was employed as Thomaskantor (cantor at St Thomas's) in Leipzig. There he composed music for the principal Lutheran churches of...
merging in the papal court also offended some medieval ears. It gave churchmusic more of a jocular performance quality supplanting the solemnity of worship...
Polychoral compositions Latin churchmusic by George Frideric Handel — includes three antiphons. E. Foley and M. Paul, Worship music: a concise dictionary (Liturgical...
become a common genre of music sung in many churches, particularly in charismatic or non-denominational Protestant churches with some Roman Catholic congregations...
Andalusian classical music Indian classical music Korean court music Persian classical music Western classical music Early music Medieval music (500–1400) Ars...
of Music was founded in central London in 1872 by Henry George Bonavia Hunt to improve the teaching of churchmusic. The College began as the Church Choral...
Appalachian music is the music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. Traditional Appalachian music is derived from various influences...
the United Kingdom has been a major music producer, drawing inspiration from churchmusic and traditional folk music, using instruments from England, Scotland...
counterpoint over a cantus firmus (a practice found both in churchmusic and in popular dance music) constituted a part of every musician's education, and...
positions in churches and parachurch organizations. The informality of the Jesus movement's music and worship affected almost all evangelical churches. Some...
called the Seikilos epitaph. A cappella music was originally used in religious music, especially churchmusic as well as anasheed and zemirot. Gregorian...
Umayyad Caliphate. The term Byzantine music is sometimes associated with the medieval sacred chant of Christian Churches following the Constantinopolitan Rite...
Music theory analyzes the pitch, timing, and structure of music. It uses mathematics to study elements of music such as tempo, chord progression, form...
List of Catholic Church musicians is a list of people who perform or compose Catholic music, a branch of Christian music. Names should be limited to those...
The Royal School of ChurchMusic (RSCM) is a Christian music education organisation dedicated to the promotion of music in Christian worship, in particular...