secular music

collocation in English

meaningsofsecularandmusic

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secular
adjective
uk
/ˈsek.jə.lər/us
/ˈsek.jə.lɚ/
not having any connection ...
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music
noun[U]
uk
/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 ofsecularandmusicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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None of the contributions concerns either polyphony orsecularmusic-making; the focus is on the history of plainchant and liturgy.
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As he also held various church posts, he left a body of both sacred andsecularmusic.
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Research into thesecularmusic-making in the city has yet to be undertaken, but the case of other sacred institutions suggests such interaction was not uncommon.
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It was largely on sacred rather thansecularmusicbut it did give a far more in breadth view of the importance of music in a region.
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Although the bassoon was being used in both sacred andsecularmusicduring the 1690s, the extent to which it is given an independent role in this piece is striking.
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He wrote both sacred andsecularmusic, particularly madrigals; all of his surviving music is vocal.
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Around this time he began to compose, especially madrigals; this was one of the few periods in his life during which he wrotesecularmusic.
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Although a strong religious musical tradition continued,secularmusiccame to the fore with the development of the sonata, the concerto, and the concerto grosso.
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The same period saw the local folk styles grow more diverse, while political authorities railed againstsecularmusic.
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Fans objected that the band had always stuck tosecularmusicand felt uncomfortable about the religious sentiments of these two tracks.
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Additionally, modest dress was often required for women, playing a radio orsecularmusicon the bus was avoided, advertisements were censored.
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There survive a few but explicit accounts ofsecularmusic.
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For example, the station covered local sports, news, and politics, and it airedsecularmusic.
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He also published two books ofsecularmusic.
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The oppression ofsecularmusicand dancing by the kirk began to ease between about 1715 and 1725.
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There exist both traditions of religious music, as sung at the synagogue and domestic prayers, andsecularmusic, such as klezmer.
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Singing masters began incorporatingsecularmusicinto their curriculum, and divested themselves from sponsoring churches, in the early part of the 1830s.
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He also wrotesecularmusic, both vocal and instrumental, including threnodies, dances, epithalamia, and numerous other occasional works.
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Its portability made the portative useful for the accompaniment of both sacred andsecularmusicin a variety of settings.
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Its identity as an instrument was established as soon as the early 17th century and was used in both liturgical andsecularmusic.
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