Religious music
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| - | The [[music and spirituality|spiritual aspects of music]] are undeniable, and [[rock music]] has generated a lot discussion on where it lies in the realm of [[good and evil]]. Songwriters like [[Pete Townshend]] have explored these spiritual aspects within their work. The common usage of the term "''rock god''" acknowledges the religious quality of the [[adulation]] some [[rock star]]s receive. Incidentally, [[John Lennon]] became infamous for a statement he made in [[1966]] that The Beatles were "bigger than [[Jesus]]". However, he later said that this statement was misunderstood. | + | '''Religious music''' (also '''sacred music''') is [[music]] performed or composed for [[religion|religious]] use or through religious influence. |
| - | == John Lennon on Christianity == | + | A lot of music has been composed to complement religion, and many composers have derived some inspiration from their religions. Many forms of [[folk music|traditional music]] have been adapted to fit religions' purposes or descended from religious music. [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], considered one of the most important and influential [[European classical music]] [[composer]]s, wrote most of his music for the [[Lutheran]] [[church]]. |
| - | * [[Christianity]] will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. '''We're more popular than Jesus now'''; I don't know which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me. | + | |
| - | **One of the most controversial statements Lennon ever made, this was published in England's ''Evening Standard'' newspaper ([[4 March]] 1966) as part of an interview with writer Maureen Cleave. This single quote (taken out of context — Lennon was often misquoted as stating the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus") was to spark protests across the Bible Belt in America. Beatles records were burned en masse, and the Ku Klux Klan burned a Beatles effigy and nailed Beatles albums to a burning cross. The band members were dismissive of this, as they pointed out that first the people had to buy the albums in order to burn them. | + | |
| - | * I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I wasn't knocking it or putting it down. I was just saying it as a fact and it's true more for England than here. I'm not saying that we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is. I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this. | + | [[Monotheism]] and [[tonality]], all tones relating and resolving to a [[Tonic (music)|tonic]], are often associated, and the [[musical texture|textures]] of European [[homophony]], equated with monotheism, may be contrasted with Asian [[heterophony]], equated with [[polytheism|poly]] or [[pantheism]]. [[Navajo music]]'s cyclic song and song-group forms mirrors the cyclic nature of their deities such as [[Changing Woman]]. |
| - | ** News conference in Chicago, where he apologized for the above statement, which was accepted by the Vatican. (11 August 1966) | + | |
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Devil's music]] | ||
| + | * [[Gospel music]] | ||
| *[[Rock and spirituality]] | *[[Rock and spirituality]] | ||
| *[[John Lennon on Christianity]] | *[[John Lennon on Christianity]] | ||
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Religious music (also sacred music) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.
A lot of music has been composed to complement religion, and many composers have derived some inspiration from their religions. Many forms of traditional music have been adapted to fit religions' purposes or descended from religious music. Johann Sebastian Bach, considered one of the most important and influential European classical music composers, wrote most of his music for the Lutheran church.
Monotheism and tonality, all tones relating and resolving to a tonic, are often associated, and the textures of European homophony, equated with monotheism, may be contrasted with Asian heterophony, equated with poly or pantheism. Navajo music's cyclic song and song-group forms mirrors the cyclic nature of their deities such as Changing Woman.
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