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...

the principal types of religious Jewish music from the days of the Temple to modern times. The history of religious Jewish music is about the cantorial...

opposed to art music or folk music; or, as another example, religious music and secular music. The artistic nature of music means that these classifications...

Abdelfattah (of the Cairo Conservatory) have gained international attention. Religious music remains an essential part of traditional Sufi Muslim and Coptic Christian...

censorship. In many parts of the Muslim world devotional/religious music and secular music is well developed and popular. In recent decades, "the advent...

Thaara music is performed by about 22 people seated in two rows opposite each other. It is performed only by men, and is somewhat religious in nature...

Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the...

secular and religious, or sacred, music (such as the sharakan Armenian chant and taghs, along with the indigenous khaz musical notation). Folk music was notably...

The Afghan concept of music is closely associated with instruments, and thus unaccompanied religious singing is not considered music. Koran recitation is...

associated music and ritual. Iranian religious music is defined as the music that has been used in streets, mosques, holy places and on religious occasions...

The music of Barbados includes distinctive national styles of folk and popular music, including elements of Western classical and religious music. The...

number of hamd and naat singers in Pakistan. This is a type of Islamic religious music where poetical verses of the love for God (Allah) is expressed. Some...

spectrum of subgenres, ranging from folk to religious song and music. Some genres of traditional Bhutanese music intertwine vocals, instrumentation, and theatre...

feasts celebrating religious life-cycle events such as weddings, and over time the formal ban against singing and performing music lost its force altogether...

traditional music and sounds. Cultural significance: Music holds deep cultural and social significance in Ethiopia, often accompanying religious ceremonies...

Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi...

purpose of reaching the level of Western civilization. Both religious and Turkish classical music was impacted by this top to bottom revolution. On November...

via a music box, barrel organ, or digital audio workstation software on a computer. Music often plays a key role in social events and religious ceremony...

Jewish music is the music and melodies of the Jewish people. There exist both traditions of religious music, as sung at the synagogue and domestic prayers...

other sacred music, and secular or non-religious music. Much medieval music is purely vocal music, such as Gregorian chant. Other music used only instruments...

and social context. Christian music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes or with...

“religious” to refer to a strict adherence to Jewish law. For the purposes of this article, “religious” refers to the content and context of the music...

notes, can be traced back to the music of Africa. The origins of the blues are also closely related to the religious music of the Afro-American community...

Wales has been associated with folk music, choral performance, religious music and brass bands. However modern Welsh music is a thriving scene of rock, Welsh...

especially as composers of sacred music began to adopt secular (non-religious) musical forms (such as the madrigal) for religious use. The 15th and 16th century...

Calypso is a style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean...

Ottoman music had incorporated a diverse repertoire of secular and religious music of a wide variety of musicians, including post-Byzantine music, Sephardic...

Kahn Singh Nabha, and Vir Singh, promoted traditional Sikh music as part of the religious community's "identity, culture, and society." During the partition...

in the reorganization of the Prussian military bands. The music of the Amish, a religious community descended from German and Swiss settlers who eschew...

the sung repertoire divides into sacred or religious music and secular music. While much religious music has been written with concert performance in...