sacred music
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsacredandmusic
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sacred
adjective
uk/ˈseɪ.krɪd/us/ˈseɪ.krɪd/
considered to be holy and deserving respect, especially because of a connection with ...
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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 ofsacredandmusicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Only one of its areas, that ofsacredmusictheory, was an exception from the beginning.
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How many music scholars could confidently describe hissacredmusicstyle?
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Publications containingsacredmusicexclusively are listed in bold type.
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If we consider the change of repertory, it is based without a doubt essentially on a fundamentally transformed position of the large church choirs relative to polyphonicsacredmusic.
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He also introduces the accompaniment of bells and clarsach (a wire-stringed instrument), gratuitously assuming a crossover between secular andsacredmusicthat is not at all evident to careful scholars.
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She has continued to pursue her studies in music and has taken a number of courses, including at the time of the interviews, a diploma course insacredmusic.
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Note that this statement already contradicts the position of earlier historians, mentioned in the note above, that the papal bull caused a decline insacredmusicat this time.
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It is not a question of the difference between profane andsacredmusic.
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Allsacredmusicis good music, but then that is not an industry like the cinema industry.
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It was pleaded in its defence that this could not be deemed an entertainment as 17 bandsmen performedsacredmusicwhile the fish were fed.
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We can follow the same exercise forsacredmusicand examining the liturgy.
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Besides his operatic andsacredmusicproduction, he may also be considered the most remarkable keyboard composer of the time.
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Sacredmusic, both a capella and instrumentally accompanied, is at the heart of the tradition.
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Sacredmusic, and especially organ arrangements, were to influence him for the rest of his life.
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He also wrote a significant amount ofsacredmusic.
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He composedsacredmusicand mastered the sacred arts of bronze casting and painting.
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Their music incorporates instruments and styles associated withsacredmusicfrom numerous cultures.
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He holds degrees in theology andsacredmusic.
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