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295 relations: A cappella, A Greek–English Lexicon, A Latin Dictionary, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Abraham Lincoln, Advent, African Americans, African-American culture, Ahmed Bukhatir, Akhenaten, Alan Lomax, Alexandria, All Saints' Day, Allegory, Amazing Grace, Ancient Greek religion, Anglicanism, Ann Griffiths, Anthem, Apostolic Christian Church of America, Arab world, Ashkenazi Jews, Assam, Australia, Baptism, Basava, Baul, Benjamin Franklin White, Bhajan, Bhaktāmara Stotra, Bhakti, Bhakti movement, Bible, Black church, Borgeet, Brian Wren, Buddhism, Byzantine Rite, Callimachus, Canticle, Carol (music), Catholic Church, Chandidas, Charles Wesley, Chinese poetry, Choir, Chorale, Christianity, Christmas, Church Fathers, ... Expand index (245 more) »
- Chants
- Christian hymns
- Christian music
- Christian music genres
- Religious music
A cappella
Music performed a cappella, less commonly spelled a capella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
A Greek–English Lexicon
A Greek–English Lexicon, often referred to as Liddell & Scott or Liddell–Scott–Jones (LSJ), is a standard lexicographical work of the Ancient Greek language originally edited by Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones, and Roderick McKenzie and published in 1843 by the Oxford University Press.
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A Latin Dictionary
A Latin Dictionary (or Harpers' Latin Dictionary, often referred to as Lewis and Short or L&S) is a popular English-language lexicographical work of the Latin language, published by Harper and Brothers of New York in 1879 and printed simultaneously in the United Kingdom by Oxford University Press.
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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (originally written in German with the title "italic") is one of the best known hymns by the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnwriter.
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Advent
Advent is a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming.
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African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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African-American culture
African-American culture, also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English, refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture.
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Ahmed Bukhatir
Ahmed Bukhatir (أحمد بوخاطر; born 16 October 1975) is an Emirati singer and songwriter.
Akhenaten
Akhenaten (pronounced), also spelled Akhenaton or Echnaton (ꜣḫ-n-jtn ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy,, meaning 'Effective for the Aten'), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century.
Alexandria
Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown.
Allegory
As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with moral or political significance.
Amazing Grace
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807).
Ancient Greek religion
Religious practices in ancient Greece encompassed a collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology, in the form of both popular public religion and cult practices.
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Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Ann Griffiths
Ann Griffiths (née Thomas, 1776–1805) was a Welsh poet and writer of Methodist Christian hymns in the Welsh language.
Anthem
An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Hymn and anthem are song forms.
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Apostolic Christian Church of America
The Apostolic Christian Church of America is an Anabaptist Christian denomination, based in the United States, and a branch of the Apostolic Christian Church.
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Arab world
The Arab world (اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), formally the Arab homeland (اَلْوَطَنُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), also known as the Arab nation (اَلْأُمَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in Western Asia and Northern Africa.
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews (translit,; Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, constitute a Jewish diaspora population that emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. They traditionally spoke Yiddish and largely migrated towards northern and eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages due to persecution.
Assam
Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Baptism
Baptism (from immersion, dipping in water) is a Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably with the use of water. Hymn and Baptism are Christian terminology.
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Basava
Basava (1131–1196), also called and, was an Indian philosopher, poet, Lingayat social reformer in the Shiva-focused bhakti movement, and a Hindu Shaivite social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chalukya/Kalachuri dynasty.
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Baul
The Baul (বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism and Vaishnavism from different parts of Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley and Meghalaya.
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Benjamin Franklin White
Benjamin Franklin White (September 20, 1800 – December 5, 1879) was a shape note "singing master", and compiler of the shape note tunebook known as The Sacred Harp.
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Bhajan
Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Dharmic religions, in any language. Hymn and Bhajan are chants.
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Bhaktāmara Stotra
The Bhaktāmara Stotra (lit) is a Jain religious hymn (stotra) written in Sanskrit.
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Bhakti
Bhakti (भक्ति; Pali: bhatti) is a term common in Indian religions which means attachment, fondness for, devotion to, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, or love.
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Bhakti movement
The Bhakti movement was a significant religious movement in medieval Hinduism that sought to bring religious reforms to all strata of society by adopting the method of devotion to achieve salvation.
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
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Black church
The black church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian denominations and congregations in the United States that predominantly minister to, and are also led by African Americans, as well as these churches' collective traditions and members. Hymn and black church are Christian terminology.
Borgeet
Borgeets (translit) are a collection of lyrical songs that are set to specific ragas but not necessarily to any tala.
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Brian Wren
Brian A. Wren (born 1936 in Romford, Essex, England) is an internationally published hymn-poet and writer.
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian church of Constantinople. Hymn and Byzantine Rite are Christian terminology.
Callimachus
Callimachus was an ancient Greek poet, scholar and librarian who was active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC.
Canticle
In the context of Christian liturgy, a canticle (from the Latin canticulum, a diminutive of canticum, "song") is a psalm-like song with biblical lyrics taken from elsewhere than the Book of Psalms, but included in psalters and books such as the breviary.
Carol (music)
A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with Christian church worship, and sometimes accompanied by a dance. Hymn and carol (music) are Christian music genres and song forms.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
Chandidas
Chandidas (1339–1399, চণ্ডীদাস) was a medieval Bengali poet from India, or possibly more than one.
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English Anglican cleric and a principal leader of the Methodist movement.
Chinese poetry
Chinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language, and a part of the Chinese literature.
Choir
A choir (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.
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Chorale
A chorale is the name of several related musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
Church Fathers
The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity. Hymn and Church Fathers are Christian terminology.
Churches of Christ
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Hymn and Churches of Christ are Christian terminology.
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Classic of Poetry
The Classic of Poetry, also Shijing or Shih-ching, translated variously as the Book of Songs, Book of Odes, or simply known as the Odes or Poetry (詩; Shī), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC.
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Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player.
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Common metre
Common metre or common measure—abbreviated as C. M. or CM—is a poetic metre consisting of four lines that alternate between iambic tetrameter (four metrical feet per line) and iambic trimeter (three metrical feet per line), with each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Confucius
Confucius (孔子; pinyin), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education.
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music. Hymn and Contemporary Christian music are Christian music genres.
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Contemporary worship
Contemporary worship is a form of Christian worship that emerged within Western evangelical Protestantism in the 20th century.
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Contemporary worship music
Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a defined genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship.
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Coptic Orthodox Church
The Coptic Orthodox Church (lit), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt.
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Cymbal
A cymbal is a common percussion instrument.
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Dactyl (poetry)
A dactyl (δάκτυλος, dáktylos, “finger”) is a foot in poetic meter.
Dadu Dayal
Sant Dadu Dayal (Devanagari: संत दादूदयाल जी,, 1544–1603) was a poet-saint religious reformer who spoke against formalism and priestcraft, and was active in Rajasthan.
Daf
Daf (دف), also known as dâyere and riq, is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia.
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Deity
A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over the universe, nature or human life.
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Devotional song
A devotional song is a hymn that accompanies religious observances and rituals. Hymn and devotional song are religious music and song forms.
Dharma
Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.
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Dholak
The dholak is a two-headed hand drum, a folk percussion instrument.
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Digambara
Digambara ("sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad).
Doukhobors
The Doukhobors (Canadian spelling) or Dukhobors (dukhobory, dukhobortsy) are a Spiritual Christian ethnoreligious group of Russian origin.
Drone (sound)
In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece.
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.
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Drum kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.
Duple and quadruple metre
Duple metre (or Am. duple meter, also known as duple time) is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 2 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 2 and multiples (simple) or 6 and multiples (compound) in the upper figure of the time signature, with (cut time),, and (at a fast tempo) being the most common examples.
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Dwight L. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 26, 1899), also known as D. L.
Easter
Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.
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Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
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Eastern Christianity
Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean region or locations further east, south or north. Hymn and Eastern Christianity are Christian terminology.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
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Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
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Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar.
Elisabet Wentz-Janacek
Elisabet Wentz-Janacek (20 August 1923 – 2014) was a Swedish author, composer, musicologist, organist, and teacher, who is best known for mapping 20,000 melody variants for Swedish hymns and helping to create the Swedish Choral Registrar.
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Elise Stevenson
Elise Stevenson (February 9, 1878 – November 18, 1967) was a British-born American soprano singer who recorded commercially successful popular songs in the early years of the 20th century.
Eucharist
The Eucharist (from evcharistía), also known as Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. Hymn and Eucharist are Christian terminology.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity. Hymn and Evangelicalism are Christian terminology.
Exclusive psalmody
Exclusive psalmody is the practice of singing only the biblical Psalms in congregational singing as worship. Hymn and Exclusive psalmody are Christian terminology.
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Faith of Our Fathers (hymn)
"Faith of our Fathers" is a Catholic hymn, written in 1849 by Frederick William Faber in memory of the Catholic Martyrs from the time of the establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII and Elizabeth.
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Fanny Crosby
Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer.
Four Books and Five Classics
The Four Books and Five Classics are authoritative and important books associated with Confucianism, written before 300 BC.
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Frank C. Stanley
Frank C. Stanley (born William Stanley Grinsted, 29 December 1868 – 12 December 1910) was a popular American singer, banjoist and recording artist active in the 1890s and the 1900s.
Free Church of Scotland (since 1900)
The Free Church of Scotland (An Eaglais Shaor) is a conservative evangelical Calvinist denomination in Scotland.
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Fuguing tune
The fuguing tune (often spelled fuging tune) is a variety of Anglo-American vernacular choral music. Hymn and fuguing tune are Christian music.
Gatha (Zoroaster)
The Gathas are 17 Avestan hymns traditionally believed to have been composed by the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster). Hymn and Gatha (Zoroaster) are hymns.
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Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
"italic" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ") is a Lutheran hymn, written by Martin Luther in 1524.
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George Pullen Jackson
George Pullen Jackson (1874–1953) was an American educator and musicologist.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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God in Christianity
In Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things.
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Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain
The golden age of Jewish culture in Spain, which coincided with the Middle Ages in Europe, was a period of Muslim rule during which Jews were accepted in society and Jewish religious, cultural, and economic life flourished.
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Gospel music
Gospel music is a genre of Christian Music that spreads the word of God and a cornerstone of Christian media. Hymn and Gospel music are Christian music genres.
Great Hymn to the Aten
The Great Hymn to the Aten is the longest of a number of hymn-poems written to the sun-disk deity Aten.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church.
Gregorian mode
A Gregorian mode (or church mode) is one of the eight systems of pitch organization used in Gregorian chant.
Gurbani
Gurbani (ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ, pronunciation:, lit. the Guru's words) is a Sikh term, very commonly used by Sikhs to refer to various compositions by the Sikh Gurus and other writers of Guru Granth Sahib.
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Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (born Gobind Das; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru.
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Guru Granth Sahib
The Guru Granth Sahib (ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage of the ten human gurus of the religion.
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Guru Nanak
Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation), also known as ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Guru Tegh Bahadur
Guru Tegh Bahadur (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦਰ (Gurmukhi);; 1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) was the ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion and was the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in 1675.
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H. A. Hodges
Herbert Arthur Hodges (4 January 19052 July 1976) was a British philosopher and theologian.
Handel and Haydn Society
The Handel and Haydn Society is an American chorus and period instrument orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Harmony
In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.
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Harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers.
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Hazzan
A hazzan (lit. Hazan) or chazzan (translit, plural; translit; translit) is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who leads the congregation in songful prayer. Hymn and hazzan are religious music.
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Hebrew language
Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.
High church
The term high church refers to beliefs and practices of Christian ecclesiology, liturgy, and theology that emphasize "ritual, priestly authority, sacraments". Hymn and high church are Christian terminology.
High Holy Days
In Judaism, the High Holy Days, also known as High Holidays or Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim; יָמִים נוֹרָאִים, Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm) consist of.
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu
Shri Hit Harivansh Chandra Mahaprabhu (another spelling, Hita Harivaṃśa, 1473 CE–1552 CE) is a Brajlanguage bhakti poet-sant and the founder of Radha Vallabh Sampradaya.
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Homeric Hymns
The Homeric Hymns are a collection of thirty-three ancient Greek hymns and one epigram.
How Great Thou Art
"How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on an original Swedish hymn entitled "italics" written in 1885 by Carl Boberg (1859–1940).
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Hurrian songs
The Hurrian songs are a collection of music inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the ancient AmoriteDennis Pardee, "Ugaritic", in, edited by Roger D. Woodard, 5–6.
Hymn tune
A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Hymn and hymn tune are Christian music genres and religious music.
Hymnal
A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book). Hymn and hymnal are Christian hymns and Christian terminology.
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Hymnology
Hymnology (from Greek ὕμνος hymnos, "song of praise" and -λογία -logia, "study of") is the scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn, in its many aspects, with particular focus on choral and congregational song. Hymn and Hymnology are Christian hymns and religious music.
Hymnwriter
A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns. Hymn and hymnwriter are hymns.
Ian Bradley
Ian Campbell Bradley (born 28 May 1950) is a British academic, author and broadcaster.
In Christ Alone
"In Christ Alone" is a popular modern Christian song written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, both songwriters of Christian hymns and contemporary worship music in the United Kingdom.
Ira D. Sankey
Ira David Sankey (August 28, 1840 – August 13, 1908) was an American gospel singer and composer, known for his long association with Dwight L. Moody in a series of religious revival campaigns in America and Britain during the closing decades of the 19th century.
Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.
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Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician.
Islamic music
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. Hymn and Islamic music are religious music.
Jainism
Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.
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Jōdo Shinshū
, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran.
Jeremiah Ingalls
Jeremiah Ingalls (March 1, 1764 – April 6, 1838) was an early North-American composer, considered a part of the First New England School.
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
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Jesus movement
The Jesus movement was an evangelical Christian movement that began on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s and primarily spread throughout North America, Europe, Central America, Australia and New Zealand, before it subsided in the late 1980s. Hymn and Jesus movement are Christian terminology.
Jesus music
Jesus music, known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music that originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Hymn and Jesus music are Christian terminology.
Kabir
Kabir (8 June 1398–1518 CE) was a well-known Indian mystic poet and sant.
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Kabir panth
Kabir Panth is a Sant Mat denomination and philosophy based on the teachings of the 15th century saint and poet, Kabir.
Keith & Kristyn Getty
Keith & Kristyn Getty are a musical duo from Northern Ireland, focusing on hymns and other Christian music.
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Kentucky Harmony
The Kentucky Harmony is a shape note tunebook, published in 1816 by Ananias Davisson.
Kirtan
Indian harmoniums and ''tabla'' drums (a common and popular pairing), in Kenya (1960s) Kirtana (कीर्तन), also rendered as Kirtan or Keertan, is a Sanskrit word that means "narrating, reciting, telling, describing" of an idea or story, specifically in Indian religions. Hymn and Kirtan are religious music.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lead, Kindly Light
"Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the encircling gloom" is a hymn with words written in 1833 by Saint John Henry Newman as a poem titled "the Pillar of the Cloud", which was first published in the British Magazine in 1834, and republished in Lyra Apostolica in 1836.
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Lent
Lent (Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry. Hymn and Lent are Christian terminology.
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Lina Sandell
Lina Sandell (full name: Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg) (3 October 1832 – 27 July 1903) was a Swedish poet and author of gospel hymns.
Lingayatism
Lingayatism is a Hindu denomination based on Shaivism.
Lining out
Lining out or hymn lining, called precenting the line in Scotland, is a form of a cappella hymn-singing or hymnody in which a leader, often called the clerk or precentor, gives each line of a hymn tune as it is to be sung, usually in a chanted form giving or suggesting the tune. Hymn and lining out are Christian music genres and song forms.
List of Chinese hymn books
This is a list of Chinese Christian hymn books.
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List of English-language hymnals by denomination
Hymnals, also called hymnbooks (or hymn books) and occasionally hymnaries, are books of hymns sung by religious congregations.
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List of hymns by Martin Luther
The reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnodist, regarded music and especially hymns in German as important means for the development of faith.
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Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley on Christian perfection.
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Lowell Mason
Lowell Mason (January 8, 1792 – August 11, 1872) was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music.
Lute
A lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body.
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Lutheran hymn
Martin Luther was a great enthusiast for music, and this is why it forms a large part of Lutheran services; in particular, Luther admired the composers Josquin des Prez and Ludwig Senfl and wanted singing in the church to move away from the ars perfecta (Catholic Sacred Music of the late Renaissance) and towards singing as a Gemeinschaft (community).
Lyre
The lyre is a stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the lute family of instruments.
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Lyrics
Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses.
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Major religious groups
The world's principal religions and spiritual traditions may be classified into a small number of major groups, though this is not a uniform practice.
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Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as the Malankara Church, is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in Devalokam, near Kottayam, India.
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV.
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Martin Luther
Martin Luther (10 November 1483– 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar.
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.
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Mennonites
Mennonites are a group of Anabaptist Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation.
Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.
Methodism
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. Hymn and Methodism are Christian terminology.
Metre (poetry)
In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
Metrical psalter
A metrical psalter is a kind of Bible translation: a book containing a verse translation of all or part of the Book of Psalms in vernacular poetry, meant to be sung as hymns in a church.
Mevlevi Order
The Mevlevi Order or Mawlawiyya (Mevlevilik; طریقت مولویه) is a Sufi order that originated in Konya, Turkey (formerly capital of the Sultanate of Rum) and which was founded by the followers of Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, Sufi mystic, and theologian.
Mirabai
Meera, better known as Mirabai, and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna.
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Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy
Qari Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy (مشاري بن راشد العفاسي) is a Kuwaiti qāriʾ (reciter of the Quran), imam, preacher, and nasheed artist.
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Moravian Church
The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Jednota bratrská) founded in the Kingdom of Bohemia, sixty years before Martin Luther's Reformation.
Motilal Banarsidass
Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House (MLBD) is an Indian academic publishing house, founded in Delhi, India in 1903.
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Musical notation
Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music.
Musicology
Musicology (from Greek μουσική 'music' and -λογια, 'domain of study') is the scholarly study of music.
Naalayira Divya Prabandham
The Naalayira Divya Prabandham (translit) is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by the 12 Alvars.
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Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna (Sanskrit: नागार्जुन/ Nāgārjuna) was an Indian monk and Mahāyāna Buddhist philosopher of the Madhyamaka (Centrism, Middle Way) school.
Namdev
Namdev (Pronunciation: naːmdeʋ), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally) was a Marathi Vaishnava saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, Medieval India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism.
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Nasheed
A Nasheed (plural) is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung a cappella or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Sunni Islam.
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Native Deen
Native Deen is an Islamic musical group from the Washington, D.C. area.
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
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Nicolaus Zinzendorf
Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figure of 18th-century Protestantism.
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Nissim Ezekiel
Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was an Indian poet, actor, playwright, editor, and art critic.
Normative principle of worship
The normative principle of worship is a Christian theological principle that teaches that worship in the Church can include those elements that are not prohibited by Scripture.
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Of the Father's Heart Begotten
"Of the Father's heart begotten" alternatively known as "Of the Father's love begotten" is a doctrinal hymn based on the Latin poem "Corde natus" by the Roman poet Aurelius Prudentius, from his Liber Cathemerinon (hymn no. IX) beginning "Da puer plectrum" which includes the Latin stanzas listed below.
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Organ (music)
Carol Williams performing at the United States Military Academy West Point Cadet Chapel. In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means (generally woodwind or electric) for producing tones.
Oriental Orthodox Churches
The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.
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Orphic Hymns
The Orphic Hymns are a collection of eighty-seven hymns addressed to various deities, and are among the few extant works of Orphic literature.
Orthodox Tewahedo
Orthodox Tewahedo refers to two Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches with shared beliefs, liturgy, and history.
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Paul the Apostle
Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit. Hymn and Pentecostalism are Christian terminology.
Personification
Personification is the representation of a thing or abstraction as a person.
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (Egyptian: pr ꜥꜣ; ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ|Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: Parʿō) is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE.
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Philip Bliss
Philip Paul Bliss (9 July 1838 – 29 December 1876) was an American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritone Gospel singer.
Phos Hilaron
Phos Hilaron (Φῶς Ἱλαρόν|translit.
Piyyut
A piyyut or piyut (plural piyyutim or piyutim, פִּיּוּטִים / פיוטים, פִּיּוּט / פיוט; from Greek ποιητής poiētḗs "poet") is a Jewish liturgical poem, usually designated to be sung, chanted, or recited during religious services.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
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Polyhymnia
Polyhymnia (lit), alternatively Polymnia (Πολύμνια), is, in Greek mythology, the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance and eloquence, as well as agriculture and pantomime.
Popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.
Prayer
Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.
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Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders. Hymn and Presbyterianism are Christian terminology.
Primitive Baptists
Primitive Baptists – also known as Regular Baptists, Old School Baptists, Foot Washing Baptists, or, derisively, Hard Shell Baptists – are conservative Baptists adhering to a degree of Calvinist beliefs who coalesced out of the controversy among Baptists in the early 19th century over the appropriateness of mission boards, tract societies, and temperance societies.
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Processional hymn
A processional hymn, opening hymn, or gathering hymn is a chant, hymn or other music sung during the Procession, usually at the start of a Christian service, although occasionally during the service itself.
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Psalm 46
Psalm 46 is the 46th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble".
Psalms
The Book of Psalms (תְּהִלִּים|Tehillīm|praises; Psalmós; Liber Psalmorum; Zabūr), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ("Writings"), and a book of the Old Testament. Hymn and Psalms are Christian hymns and religious music.
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Pump organ
The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organs using free-reeds that generates sound as air flows past the free-reeds, the vibrating pieces of thin metal in a frame.
Puritans
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. Hymn and Puritans are Christian terminology.
Qawwali
Qawwali (Urdu:; Hindi: क़व्वाली; Bengali: ক়াওয়ালী; Punjabiਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ.) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia.
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Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.
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Quatrain
A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines.
Radha Vallabha Sampradaya
The Radha Vallabha Sampradaya is a Vaishnava Hindu denomination which began in 1535 at Vrindavan with the bhakti sant Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu (1502–1552).
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Raga
A raga (also raaga or ragam or raag) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode.
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Rajasthani languages
Rajasthani languages are a branch of Western Indo-Aryan languages.
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Rama Raksha Stotra
The Rama Raksha Stotra is a Sanskrit stotra, a hymn of praise dedicated to the Hindu deity Rama.
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Ramprasad Sen
(1723/1718 – c. 1775) was a Hindu Shakta poet and saint of 18th-century Bengal.
Ravidas
Ravidas or Raidas (1267–1335) was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE.
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Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.
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Regulative principle of worship
The regulative principle of worship is a Christian doctrine, held by some Calvinists and Anabaptists, that God commands churches to conduct public services of worship using certain distinct elements affirmatively found in scripture, and conversely, that God prohibits any and all other practices in public worship.
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Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.
Repentance in Judaism
Repentance (/tʃuvɑː/; translit "return") is one element of atoning for sin in Judaism.
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Rigveda
The Rigveda or Rig Veda (ऋग्वेद,, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).
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Rishabhanatha
Rishabhanatha (Devanagari: ऋषभनाथ), also Rishabhadeva (Devanagari: ऋषभदेव), Rishabha (Devanagari: ऋषभ) or Ikshvaku (Devanagari: इक्ष्वाकु, Ikṣvāku), is the first tirthankara (Supreme preacher) of Jainism.
Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh HaShanah (רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה,, literally "head of the year") is the New Year in Judaism.
Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Sabbath
In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath or Shabbat (from Hebrew שַׁבָּת) is a day set aside for rest and worship.
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Sacred Harp
Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that originated in New England and was later perpetuated and carried on in the American South. Hymn and sacred Harp are Christian music genres.
Saint
In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.
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Sangha
Sangha is a Sanskrit word used in many Indian languages, including Pali which means "association", "assembly", "company" or "community"; in these languages, sangha is frequently used as a surname.
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Sankardev
Srimanta Sankardev (1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in Assam. He is credited with building on past cultural relics and devising new forms of music (Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary language (Brajavali).
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Sanskrit literature
Sanskrit literature broadly comprises all literature in the Sanskrit language.
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Sant (religion)
A sant (सन्त्; IAST) is a human being revered as a "truth-exemplar" for their abnormal level of "self, truth, reality" in Indic religions, particularly Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism.
Saundarya Lahari
The Saundarya Lahari (translit) is a famous literary work in Sanskrit attributed to Pushpadanta as well as Adi Shankara.
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the late 18th to early 19th century in the United States. Hymn and Second Great Awakening are Christian terminology.
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Sephardic Jews
Sephardic Jews (Djudíos Sefardíes), also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).
Shabda
Shabda (शब्द), is the Sanskrit word for "speech sound". Hymn and Shabda are hymns.
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Shacharit
Shacharit (שַחֲרִית šaḥăriṯ), or Shacharis in Ashkenazi Hebrew, is the morning tefillah (prayer) of Judaism, one of the three daily prayers.
Shandao
Shandao (Zendō Daishi; 613–681) was a Chinese Buddhist scholar monk and an influential figure of East Asian Pure Land Buddhism.
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Shape note
Shape notes are a musical notation designed to facilitate congregational and social singing. Hymn and Shape note are Christian music and Christian music genres.
Shinto
Shinto is a religion originating in Japan.
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Shiva Stuti
The Shiva Stuti, is a famous stuti (poem) composed by Narayana Panditacharya in praise of the deity Shiva written in the Prithvi metre. Hymn and Shiva Stuti are hymns.
Shiva Tandava Stotra
The Shiva Tandava Stotra(m) (śiva-tāṇḍava-stotra) is a Sanskrit religious hymn (stotra) dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva, one of the principal gods in Hinduism and the supreme god in Shaivism.
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Shofar
A shofar (from) is an ancient musical horn typically made of a ram's horn, used for Jewish religious purposes.
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Sight-reading
In music, sight-reading, also called a prima vista (Italian meaning "at first sight"), is the practice of reading and performing of a piece in a music notation that the performer has not seen or learned before.
Sikhism
Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE.
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Sikhs
Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.
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Silas
Silas or Silvanus (Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey.
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Silent Night
"Silent Night" (italic) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.
Singing school
A singing school is a school in which students are taught to sightread vocal music.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) is a UK-based Christian charity.
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Song
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice.
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Southern Harmony
The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion is a shape note hymn and tune book compiled by William Walker, first published in 1835.
Sovereign Grace Churches
Sovereign Grace Churches (SGM; previously Sovereign Grace Ministries and People of Destiny International) is a group of Reformed, neocharismatic, evangelical and confessional Christian churches primarily located in North America.
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Spirituals
Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, which merged varied African cultural influences with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade and for centuries afterwards, through the domestic slave trade. Hymn and spirituals are song forms.
Stanza
In poetry, a stanza (from Italian stanza) is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation.
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Stephen Foster
Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period.
Sterling Publishing
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of a broad range of subject areas, with multiple imprints and more than 5,000 titles in print.
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Sthānakavāsī
Sthānakavāsī is a sect of Śvetāmbara Jainism which was created in medieval era.
Stotra
Stotra (Sanskrit: स्तोत्र) is a Sanskrit word that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise."Monier Williams, Monier Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Article on It is a literary genre of Indian religious texts designed to be melodically sung, in contrast to a shastra which is composed to be recited. Hymn and Stotra are chants and hymns.
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String instrument
In musical instrument classification, string instruments or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner.
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Sub tuum praesidium
Beneath Thy Protection (Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν; Sub Tuum Præsidium) is an ancient Christian hymn and prayer.
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Sufism
Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.
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Surdas
Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.
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Sutra
Sutra (translation)Monier Williams, Sanskrit English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Entry for, page 1241 in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text.
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Swami Haridas
Swami Haridas (also spelt Svāmī Haridās) was an Indian spiritual poet and classical musician.
Tabla
A tabla is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent.
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Te Deum
The italic (or,; from its incipit, Thee, God, we praise) is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to AD 387 authorship, but with antecedents that place it much earlier. Hymn and te Deum are Christian hymns.
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The Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
The Christian Harmony
The Christian Harmony is a shape note hymn and tune book compiled by William Walker.
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The Hesperian Harp
The Hesperian Harp is a shape note tunebook published in 1848 by Dr William Hauser, with reprintings issued in 1852, 1853, and 1874.
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Theology
Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas (Aquino; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily.
Three Pilgrimage Festivals
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Shalosh Regalim (šāloš rəgālīm, or label), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles', 'tents' or 'booths')—when all Israelites who were able were expected to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem as commanded by the Torah.
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Tirthankara
In Jainism, a Tirthankara is a saviour and supreme spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path).
Tirumurai
Tirumurai (Tamil: திருமுறை, meaning Holy Order) is a twelve-volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century CE by various poets in Tamil Nadu.
Triangle (musical instrument)
The triangle is a musical instrument in the percussion family, classified as an idiophone in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
Vayu Stuti
The Vayu Stuti is a stuti (eulogy) composed by Trivikrama Panditacharya addressed to Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita school of philosophy.
Vedic Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit, also simply referred as the Vedic language, is an ancient language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European language family.
Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
Vidyapati
Vidyapati (– 1448), also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a Maithili and Sanskrit polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, biographer, philosopher, law-theorist, writer, courtier and royal priest.
Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.
West gallery music
West gallery music, also known as Georgian psalmody, refers to the sacred music (metrical psalms, with a few hymns and anthems) sung and played in English parish churches, as well as nonconformist chapels, from 1700 to around 1850. Hymn and West gallery music are Christian music genres.
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Western Christianity
Western Christianity is one of two subdivisions of Christianity (Eastern Christianity being the other). Hymn and Western Christianity are Christian terminology.
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William Billings
William Billings (October 7, 1746 – September 26, 1800) was an American composer and is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School.
William Walker (composer)
William Walker (May 6, 1809 – September 24, 1875) was an American Baptist song leader, shape note "singing master", and compiler of four shape note tunebooks, most notable of which are the influential The Southern Harmony and The Christian Harmony, which has been in continuous use (republished 2010).
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William Williams Pantycelyn
William Williams, Pantycelyn (c. 11 February 1717 – 11 January 1791), also known as William Williams, Williams Pantycelyn, and Pantycelyn, was generally seen as Wales's premier hymnist.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (יוֹם כִּפּוּר) is the holiest day of the year in Judaism.
Zemirot
Zemirot or Z'miros (זמירות zǝmîrôt, singular: zimrah but often called by the masculine zemer) are Jewish hymns, usually sung in the Hebrew or Aramaic languages, but sometimes also in Yiddish or Ladino during Shabbat and to some extent the Jewish holidays. Hymn and Zemirot are religious music.
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Zoroaster
Zarathushtra Spitama more commonly known as Zoroaster or Zarathustra, was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism.
See also
Chants
- Auction chant
- Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi
- Bhajan
- Bloody Mary (folklore)
- Byzantine music
- Cantillation
- Chant
- Donda Chant
- Ehe Chant
- Eko Eko Azarak
- Gar (music)
- Hara Hara Mahadeva
- Hebrew cantillation
- Hymn
- Jai Shri Krishna
- Jai Shri Ram
- Jiayou (cheer)
- Joik
- Khaybar Khaybar ya yahud
- Let's Go Brandon
- Maggie Out
- Mantras
- Menzuma
- Monophony
- Naam Japo
- Paiting
- Rock Chalk, Jayhawk
- Shri Rudram
- Slogan of the Houthi movement
- Soro Soke
- Stotra
- U-S-A!
- Vedic chant
- Vishnupada
- Wilder Shores
Christian hymns
- Ad multos annos
- Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren
- Audi benigne Conditor
- Canticles
- Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
- Christmas carols
- Did You Think to Pray (song)
- Doxology
- Dream Isaiah Saw
- Easter hymns
- Epitaphios Thrinos
- Gregorian Antiphonary
- Hymn
- Hymn of the day
- Hymnal
- Hymnals
- Hymnody of continental Europe
- Hymnology
- Hymns by Dun Karm Psaila
- Hymns for Pentecost
- Jetzt ist die Zeit
- La muerte no es el final
- Laudes Regiae
- Leise
- Lofsöngur
- Marian hymns
- Mein Hirt ist Gott der Herr
- Murbach hymns
- Nun saget Dank und lobt den Herren
- O komm, du Geist der Wahrheit
- Oil in My Lamp
- Pange lingua
- Passion hymns
- Pium dictamen
- Psalms
- Siyahamba
- Taiwan the Formosa
- Te Deum
- Thy hand, O God, has guided
- Tierra bendita y divina
- Vertraut den neuen Wegen
- Yutang Tabonon
Christian music
- Bifrost Arts
- Biper y Sus Amigos
- Christian Copyright Licensing International
- Christian Music Planet
- Christian music
- Christian music festivals
- Christian music industry
- Christian songs
- Christians, awake, salute the happy morn
- Collington (band)
- Court chapel
- Credo (Penderecki)
- Ethnodoxology
- Fuguing tune
- History of music in the biblical period
- Hymn
- Hymn concertato
- Igbo Christian music
- Kingdom song
- Lacrimosa No. 2
- Latin Christian music
- Lo Boièr
- Majesty Music
- Messa di Santa Cecilia
- Motets
- Neume
- New Harp of Columbia
- Patch the Pirate
- Polychronion
- Quaker music
- Shaker music
- Shape note
- Sharon Elery Rogers
- Stabat Mater (Scarlatti)
- The Seven Last Words of Christ (Haydn)
- Trope (music)
- Visible Music College
Christian music genres
- Bahamian Rhyming Spiritual
- Byzantine music
- Carol (music)
- Christian country music
- Church music
- Contemporary Christian music
- Gospel music
- Hymn
- Hymn tune
- Lining out
- Sacred Harp
- Sacred Steel (musical tradition)
- Shape note
- Spanish traditional Christian music
- West gallery music
Religious music
- Andachtsjodler
- Bernarr Rainbow
- Buddhist music
- Cantor
- Ceremonial drum
- Chants
- Christian music
- Devotional song
- Dithyramb
- Fez Festival of World Sacred Music
- Firzogerin
- Garth Smith (musician, born 1960)
- Hazzan
- Hindu music
- Hymn
- Hymn tune
- Hymnology
- Igbo Christian music
- Indigenous music of North America
- Islamic music
- Jai Radha Madhab
- Jewish music
- Kagura
- Kirtan
- Liturgical music
- Meditation music
- Modern pagan music
- New-age music
- Njuup
- Precentor
- Psalms
- Religious music
- Religious music in Iran
- Sacred jazz
- Santo Daime hymns
- Shamanic music
- Shinto music
- Sikh music
- Taoist music
- Thriambus
- Yale Institute of Sacred Music
- Zemirot
- Zoroastrian music
References
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