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...

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...

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...

“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...

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

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

The Music of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی موسیقی, lit. 'Pakistani Music') includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion...

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

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...

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

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

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...

poetic songs, and religious music used in shamanistic and Buddhist traditions. Modern music includes K-pop (케이팝; keipap), the popular music of South Korea...

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 African-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...

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

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...