church music
Let an agent explain church music, relay traditions, forms, liturgical uses and history from musicology and liturgical sources with style debates attributed, describe the named traditions and hymn types, and distinguish church music from sacred music of other religions, gospel music as a genre, Christian popular music and secular classical music.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain church music, relay traditions, forms, liturgical uses and history from musicology and liturgical sources with style debates attributed, describe the named traditions and hymn types, and distinguish church music from sacred music of other religions, gospel music as a genre, Christian popular music and secular classical music.
Music written or used for Christian worship and devotion, including chant, hymns, anthems, masses, motets and contemporary worship songs, with traditions the registry aliases name such as Byzantine chant of the Eastern Orthodox churches, East Slavic church music, including Znamenny chant and later choral works, Anglican church music with its choral evensong and cathedral choirs, songs of the ecumenical Taize Community with short repeated chants, and processional and recessional hymns sung as clergy and choir enter and leave; church music has shaped Western music history from Gregorian chant to Bach, and debates about instruments, styles and contemporary worship music are attributed.
What it is for: Supporting Christian worship and devotion.
It can be explain traditions and forms; relay liturgical uses; describe named traditions; present style debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Liturgical function
Chant and hymn traditions
Denominational variety
Influence on Western music
What it looks like
Choirs, congregations, organs and cantors in churches.
Physical character
Taize Community founded: 1940 year - Brother Roger
Znamenny chant: from about 11th century note - Rus
Bach Leipzig cantatas: 1720s-1740s note
How it is recognised
Music for Christian worship
Taize song, processional hymn, recessional hymn, Byzantine chant, East Slavic church music, Anglican church music
Sacred music of other religions has different contexts; gospel is a genre; Christian popular music is commercial; secular classical music is not liturgical
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
includes -
includes -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
plainchant
Byzantine and Slavonic chant
hymnody
choral church music
contemporary worship music
Standards and regulation
Liturgical norms of each church, such as Sacrosanctum Concilium 1963
Copyright licensing for worship songs such as CCLI
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan framing of worship style debates
Copyright breaches in worship settings
Treating one tradition as universal
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What church music is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is church music, and how does it differ from sacred music of other religions, gospel, Christian popular music and secular classical music? definition
- Is the question about a specific church s practice, history or performance? boundary
Traditions
Named traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- What are Taize songs, processional and recessional hymns, Byzantine chant, East Slavic and Anglican church music? definition
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
History History.
Sources.
Chant
Chant traditions.
Chant
Chant.
- How did Gregorian, Byzantine and Znamenny chant develop? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Reformation
Reformation hymnody.
Reformation
Reformation.
- How did Luther and Calvin shape congregational singing? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Practice Liturgical practice.
Regulation.
Anglican
Choral evensong.
Anglican
Anglican.
- What is choral evensong in the Anglican tradition? provenance
- Which entry fits choral evensong? action
Taize
Taize chants.
Taize
Taize.
- How are Taize chants used in ecumenical prayer? provenance
- Which entry fits Taize Community? action
Context Debates.
Attribution.
Worship wars
Style debates.
Worship wars
Worship wars.
- What do traditionalists and contemporary worship advocates argue, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Licensing
Copyright licensing.
Licensing
Licensing.
- How do churches license worship songs for projection and streaming? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should processional and recessional hymns be separate entries?
- Should East Slavic church music be a separate entry?
- How should hymnals be linked?