Abstract is: Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual. Religious songs have been described as a source of strength, as well as a means of easing pain, improving one's mood, and assisting in the discovery of meaning in one's suffering. While style and genre vary broadly across traditions, religious groups still share a variety of musical practices and techniques. Religious music takes on many forms and varies throughout cultures. Religions such as Islam, Judaism, and Sinism demonstrate this, splitting off into different forms and styles of music that depend on varying religious practices. Religious music across cultures depicts its use of similar instruments, used in accordance to create these melodies. drums (and drumming), for example, is seen commonly in numerous religions such as Rastafari and Sinism, while wind instruments (horn, saxophone, trumpet and variations of such) can be commonly found in Islam and Judaism. Throughout each religion, each form of Religious music, within the specific religion, differs for a different purpose. For example, in Islamic Music, some types of music are used for prayer while others are used for celebrations. Similarly, a variation like this is shared between many other religions. Music plays a significant role in many religions. In some religions, such as Buddhism, music helps people calm their minds and focus before meditation. In Sikh music, known as kirtan, the music helps people connect with the teachings of the religion and with God. Some other religions, such as Islam, use music to recite the word of their holy book. Some religions relate their music to non-religious musicians. For example, Rastafarian music heavily relates to reggae music. Religious music helps those of all religions connect with their faith and remember their religious values.
Abstract is: 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.
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P8313 | Den Store Danske ID | kirkemusik |
P9219 | Discogs style ID | religious |
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P12385 | Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID | musica-religiosa |
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P6412 | Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID | 2524 |
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Sacred-Music | ||
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Q124291727 | Credo |
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Q5707471 | Hellfire |
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Q95808368 | Leo Leonius |
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Q118978086 | Lift Up Your Hearts: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs |
Q3834938 | Litania |
Q20005145 | Lorenz Weiss |
Q98880763 | Loretta Cessor Manggrum |
Q975707 | Magdalena Buczek |
Q124310320 | Magnificat a 8 |
Q12736347 | Mariuca Verdes |
Q119855957 | Matinas de São Pedro |
Q119855958 | Matinas do menino Jesus |
Q6789043 | Matt McCoy |
Q6014678 | Miguel Manzano Alonso |
Q669266 | Mike Curb |
Q35617293 | Mikhail Strokin |
Q117565674 | Minueto das Dores |
Q124310738 | Miserere |
Q124310383 | Miserere mei Deus |
Q124316031 | Miserere mei Deus |
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Q124316823 | Missa Hodie Christus natus est |
Q21235275 | Missa Papae Francisci |
Q124358304 | Missa Secunda |
Q124310282 | Missa pro defunctis |
Q60315756 | Missa pro pace |
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Q124314863 | Missa super Or sus à coup |
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Q12120830 | Moshe Pinhas |
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Q61941387 | Mysterium Musicum Vocal Ensemble |
Q29869241 | Míria Kolling |
Q64991664 | Müller Bene |
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Q99675441 | Napoleon Brown |
Q123593524 | Narcís Figueres |
Q715190 | Nigel Rogers |
Q1389722 | Nikolay Diletsky |
Q124316680 | O filii et filiae |
Q124292217 | O salutaris hostia |
Q124342848 | O vos omnes (Moteto nº 7) |
Q3349215 | Odette Vercruysse |
Q1188999 | Om Jai Jagdish Hare |
Q65162742 | Padre Irala |
Q124292363 | Paixão de domingo de ramos |
Q124315662 | Pange lingua |
Q56308655 | Passio Domino Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Johannes |
Q124342849 | Pater mi (Moteto nº 1) |
Q65016106 | Paul Benner |
Q4196368 | Pavel Ivanov-Radkevich |
Q6069799 | Pedro Periáñez |
Q11887248 | Pelimanni Orchestra |
Q64995492 | Peter Roth |
Q64991685 | Pfundproductions |
Q99615243 | Phyllis Brown |
Q57117945 | Pierre Joseph Denis Auguste Vincens |
Q124310762 | Popule meus |
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Q119855959 | Procissão de Palmas |
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Q1416456 | Quattro Pezzi Sacri |
Q11889847 | Raita Karpo |
Q124315956 | Regina coeli |
Q65015927 | Reinhard Peter Müller |
Q112336811 | Requiem |
Q119855960 | Requiem |
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Q99429997 | Reverend Cleophus Robinson concert |
Q98142593 | Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth |
Q121252876 | Roelof Willem Temmingh |
Q16190330 | Salvador Dabau i Caussà |
Q124316002 | Salve Regina misericordiae |
Q65012958 | Sarah Brunner |
Q18276757 | Savva Rogov |
Q2471486 | Schola Cantorum |
Q163833 | Sebastian z Felsztyna |
Q7446857 | Seinn Aililiú |
Q7560069 | Something Big |
Q113622777 | Sonus |
Q778788 | Stabat Mater |
Q11894350 | Stabat Mater |
Q109001777 | Stabat Mater |
Q109001799 | Stabat Mater |
Q719121 | Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac |
Q20451494 | Suria Records |
Q65016930 | Suzanne Z'Graggen |
Q920770 | Sven-David Sandström |
Q110100457 | Swords of Salt |
Q18678706 | Särkyneille |
Q117565002 | Tantum Ergo |
Q117565000 | Tantum ergo |
Q124342827 | Tantum ergo |
Q125627812 | Tantum ergo |
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Q124342851 | Te Deum laudamus |
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Q1944929 | The Radha Kṛṣṇa Temple |
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Q124292219 | Tota pulchra |
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Q12497663 | psalm |
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