Religion music
Religion music(The palpus float ょ fish it is the く) with,ReligionPutting, it is used for the Mass, worship and festival gratitude etc. music. In addition when it points to the musical drama which turns the christianity material of the oratorio and the like to the origin, it is.
Concrete, christianity praise song andHymn、Mass tuneYou can list モテット, cantata, コラール, the oratorio and requiem etc., those are formed by the Mass ceremony sentence and the text which is based on Bible. Originally, it was sung by the monk, et. al. it was mainly used in order to spread the concept of religion in the times when recognition letter ability of the general populace is low. Tune had been created in the sound shape which old the composer is limited on the basis of the text, but Renaissance, passing reformation, music rapidly became rich. The present time western music that it advanced from christianity music.
In addition, typical religion tune (christianity) as Gregorian hymn, Bach's "ロ minor scale Mass tune" and "マタイ sufferings tune" There is "messiah" Mozart Handel "requiem" and so on.
In addition, in addition to christianity, Buddhism declaration (it does, the ょ bearing ょ う)詠 songAnd, shintoismKagura、 Confucianism imperial court music and the like.
