liturgical music

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liturgical
adjective
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/lɪˈtɜː.dʒɪ.kəl/us
/lɪˈtɝː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to (a particular set of) the words, music, and actions used in ceremonies in some religions, ...
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music
noun[U]
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/ˈmjuː.zɪk/us
/ˈmjuː.zɪk/
a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices, or computers, or a combination of these, intended to give pleasure to people listening ...
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(Definition ofliturgicalandmusicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His sacred music compositions include anthems andliturgicalmusic.
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He may have been the first composer to provideliturgicalmusicwith an instrumental accompaniment.
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There he signaled his intention to study for the priesthood with a focus onliturgicalmusic.
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Although 16th-century composers did work onliturgicalmusic, the forms they used were a far cry from 17th century works.
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At this time he was composingliturgicalmusicand developing his musical style.
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He has also released several solo collections ofliturgicalmusic.
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The first containsliturgicalmusicintended for monasteries and a preface with information on contemporary performance practice.
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The organ is also used together with other encouraged forms ofliturgicalmusiclike choral polyphony and plainchant.
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Three published collections of hisliturgicalmusicsurvive today along with numerous solitary motets from other published volumes.
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Thereafter, he produced a sizeable amount ofliturgicalmusicor compositions based on religious themes.
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As chapel master, he was in charge of the education of choir boys and apprentices, besides conducting the cathedralliturgicalmusic.
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This caused each region to produce several distinct liturgies and bodies ofliturgicalmusicof its own.
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Though best known as a composer of instrumental sonatas, he was predominantly a composer ofliturgicalmusicwith a distinctly dramatic character.
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Skovoroda is known as a composer ofliturgicalmusic, as well as a number of songs to his own texts.
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Valente's second collection is historically important as one of the earliest instances ofliturgicalmusicfree from any ties with the chant.
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The final three books were aimed at a more general audience and discuss the meaning of religious holidays,liturgicalmusicand notions of the sacred and the profound.
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His vocal lines are significantly more melismatic, his style more contrapuntal and rhythmically much freer than was the case in theliturgicalmusicof his contemporaries.
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