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Celtic Christianity [a] is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages. [1] The term Celtic Church is deprecated by many historians as it implies a unified and identifiable entity entirely separate from that of mainstream Western Christendom . [ 2 ]
Medieval music generally refers the music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. [1] The first and longest major era of Western classical music, medieval music includes composers of a variety of styles, often centered around a particular nationality or composition school. The lives of most ...
The sources of Christian music are the Jewish tradition of psalm singing, and the music of Hellenistic late antiquity. Paul the Apostle mentions psalms, hymns and sacred songs (Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16) but only in connection with the Christian behavior of the Christians, not with regard to worship music.
Medieval music encompasses the sacred and secular music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, [1] from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. It is the first and longest major era of Western classical music and is followed by the Renaissance music; the two eras comprise what musicologists generally term as early music, preceding the common practice period.
The following is a chronological list of classical music composers living and working in ... born in France to Irish parents; Galant period. Kane O'Hara (c.1711 ...
[2] [3] One of the most noticeable changes to take place was the way in which Christians worshiped through music. Before and during the Reformation, much of Catholic worship music consisted of highly florid choral works, Gregorian plainchant, and responsive songs in praise of God and in honor of the Virgin Mary. [4]
Swan Hennessy (1866–1929), Irish-American, Paris-based composer; Victor Herbert (1859–1924), Irish-American composer of musicals; Arthur Hervey (1855–1922), late 19th-century composer and music critic; Michael Holohan (born 1956), contemporary composer and writer; Ciaran Hope (born 1974), contemporary composer
Members of Christian churches, in Ireland, either past or present, ... Irish Protestants (15 C, 43 P) R. Irish Roman Catholics (16 C, 28 P) S. Irish saints (2 C, 7 P)