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Contemporary music aims to enable the entire congregation to take part in the song, in accord with the call in Sacrosanctum Concilium for full, conscious, active participation of the congregation during the Eucharistic celebration. What its advocates call a direct and accessible style of music gives participation of the gathered community ...
Plainsong or plainchant ( calque from the French plain-chant; Latin: cantus planus) is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Western Church. When referring to the term plainsong, it is those sacred pieces that are composed in Latin text. [1] Plainsong was the exclusive form of Christian church music until the ninth century, and the ...
User-generated database of comparison between original tracks and covers, or songs that use samples. 460,000. 150,000. SIMUC. Chilean music and musicians. SIMUC is a Non-profit organisation that collects data on composers, academics, institutions, people and other topics related to classical music and Chile .
Liturgical music originated as a part of religious ceremony, and includes a number of traditions, both ancient and modern.Liturgical music is well known as a part of Catholic Mass, the Anglican Holy Communion service (or Eucharist) and Evensong, the Lutheran Divine Service, the Orthodox liturgy, and other Christian services, including the Divine Office.
The Free Church of England was founded principally by Evangelical Low Church clergy and congregations in response to what were perceived as attempts (inspired by the Oxford Movement) to re-introduce traditional Catholic practices into the Church of England, England's established church. The first congregation was formed by the Reverend James ...
Syriac sacral music. Syriac sacral music is music in the Syriac language as used in the liturgy of Syriac Christianity . Historically it is best known from and important for its part in the development of Christian sacred music since Antiquity. The Syriac churches have a musical system based on ancient principles today known as maqam, there are ...
Anglican church music is music that is written for Christian worship in Anglican religious services, forming part of the liturgy. It mostly consists of pieces written to be sung by a church choir, which may sing a cappella or accompanied by an organ . Anglican music forms an important part of traditional worship not only in the Church of ...
The Royal School of Church Music ( RSCM) is a Christian music education organisation dedicated to the promotion of music in Christian worship, in particular the repertoire and traditions of Anglican church music, largely through publications, training courses and an award scheme. The organisation was founded in England in 1927 by Sir Sydney ...