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Buddhist music is music created for or inspired by Buddhism and part of Buddhist art. Honkyoku Honkyoku (本曲) are the pieces of shakuhachi or hocchiku music played by wandering Japanese Zen monks called Komuso. Komuso temples were abolished in 1871, but their music, honkyoku, is one of the most...

Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the Muslim world. The heartland of Islam is the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, Iran, Central Asia, and South Asia. Due...

I would like to dedicate a thread to the angelic gorgeousness that is the Byzantine/Orthodox musical tradition. Let us start with a definition: Chant of Constantinople more commonly known as Byzantine Chant is the sacred chant of the Orthodox churches in the former lands of the eastern Roman...

We have a small "contained" crisis at one of our schools that is the polar opposite of the usual complaint about the lack of Christianity in the school. A local Middle School (6th - 8th grades) parent has complained about the choir teacher having the kids learned a song with Latin text, which...

On Sunday 6th June Robert Howard's anthem, God of all Creation, will be premiered at Prescot Parish Church. Robert's work for 3-part choir (Sopranos, Altos and Men) and organ/piano was composed for the 2021 Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) Music Sunday Anthem Competition and will receive its...

Lorenzo Perosi Lorenzo Perosi (21 December 1872 - 12 October 1956) was an Italian composer (mainly sacred music) and catholic priest. The only member of the Giovane Scuola who did not write opera. From 1898 until death he was the director of the Sistine Chapel Choir in Rome. Perosi composed...

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Hey, What do you guys think are the original performing context of the Passions and what do we gain from them and what are the disadvantages of them. I have identified that there are Cultural, Physical, Social, Personal and Spiritual functions, however I'm struggling to understand what we...

All Ages Sing! - Saturday 11th May, 19.00, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, St James Mt, Liverpool L1 7AZ All Ages Sing is a musical concert featuring Liverpool Cathedral's Liverpool64, Youth and Junior choirs, with special guest performers, Allerton Brass. Under the direction of Stephen...

The first performance of Robert Howard's Patronal Anthem 'For Mary, Mother of our Lord' will take place on Sunday 9th September, 10.30am, at Prescot Parish Church, Church Street, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 1LA, as part of Sung Eucharist for the annual Patronal Festival of St. Mary the Virgin. It...