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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. History
David Playing the Harp by Jan de Bray, 1670.. Knowledge of the biblical period is mostly from literary references in the Bible and post-biblical sources. Religion and music historian Herbert Lockyer, Jr. writes that "music, both vocal and instrumental, was well cultivated among the Hebrews, the New Testament Christians, and the Christian church through the centuries."
In the context of Christian liturgy, a canticle (from the Latin canticulum, a diminutive of canticum, "song") is a psalm-like song with biblical lyrics taken from elsewhere than the Book of Psalms, but included in psalters and books such as the breviary. [1]
Catholic monks developed the first forms of modern Western musical notation in order to standardize liturgy throughout the worldwide church, [3] and an enormous body of religious music has been composed for it through the ages. This led directly to the emergence and development of European classical music, and its many derivatives.
James Mearns, The Canticles of the Christian Church, Eastern and Western, in Early and Medieval Times, Cambridge University Press, 1914. Henry Barclay Swete, An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek, Cambridge University Press, 1914, page 253. David Lincicum, Septuagint Odes; Rev. Symeon-Anthony Beck, Notes on the Codex Alexadrinus Psalter
Martin Luther, a music lover, composed hymns that are still sung today, and expected congregations to be active participants in the service, singing along. [citation needed] John Calvin, in Geneva, argued that while instrumental music had its time with the Levites of the Old Testament, it was no longer a proper expression for the church.
This most popular of all canticles falls within the liturgies of the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Church and the Anglican Communion. [1] The text of the canticle is taken from the Gospel of Luke where it is spoken by Mary upon the occasion of her Visitation to her cousin Elizabeth. [2]
Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music and a cornerstone of Christian media. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context.