Music and Religious Life



Music and Religious Life

Introduction

This paper intends to discuss the significance of music and religious life. For most of the religions, music has been witnessed as an impactful aspect which facilitates the performance of religious activities. However, various religions like Islam do not promote the use of music at core. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the importance of music and religion and the basic connection between the two.

Discussion

It is important to realize that music provides an uplifting impact for the purpose of designing religious activities. Music provides the listeners an opportunity to connect with the Ultimate and Supreme Power of God. However, religions like Islam do not promote the amalgamation of music into the religious activities. The concepts of Islam suggests that music is such a man made creation which makes people get away from God, and music do not contribute in creating a connection between the God and people. Our society reflects the belief that it is fundamental that music and religion are connected through some way or the other. Religious life is greatly impacted by the aspect of music in Western Society (Thomas, Andreas & Keith, 2011).

However, there is an established fact that not all the religions promote the utilization of music for the purpose of worshipping or improving their religious lives. Some of the religions use music to praise and worship their Gods. Such religions make it compulsory for its believers to live a religious life that reflects the prominence of music in their worshipping. On the other hand, there are several religions like Islam which considers that music becomes the sole reason of making people diverge from their religion. Moreover, various religions also suggest that music diverts the attention of the people and make the religious life of the believers sinful by using the evil tool of music (Guy, 2006).

The identification of societies or religions which embraces music into the religious lives of its believers is also important like I have identified Islam as being completely against the utilization of music as an integral part of religion. The society of Malagasy or Madagascar relates all the negative happenings to the negative spirits. People of Malagasy society often held ceremonies for the purpose of communicating with the negative spirits. This communication is done through the utilization of music as a basic tool. This aspect clearly depicts that the significance of music is immense from various religions. People use music to escape from negative spirits (Thomas, Andreas & Keith, 2011).

It is interesting to note that religions like Christianity also promote the use of music the religious ceremonies. The religious ceremonies are inaugurated by music and the music is so peaceful that it helps the followers or believers to just concentrate on their religious ceremonies more positively. Lastly, it can be rightfully said that the religious life and music possess a significant relationship which is important to create a unique bond between the God and the ...

Classical Music in Catholic Church



Classical Music in Catholic Church

History of Music

Music exists since the ancient times. The historical record is difficult to find. Prehistoric era ends with a transition to a written musical tradition. The next era is called "Music of the Ancient World." The oldest known song fixed on a cuneiform tablet was found in the excavation of Nippur, it dates from 2000 BC. e. The tablet was deciphered by Prof. Anne Kilmer Draffkorn of Berkeley, it was also demonstrated that she wrote a third, and used the Pythagorean system of diatonic scale (Ulrich, Pisk, 1963).

Historical music is a common term used to explain music in the European classical traditions, as the fall of the Roman Empire, in 476 AD, before the end of the period of baroque in the middle of the 18th century. Music within this huge amount of time was extremely diverse, encompassing multiple cultural traditions within a wide geographical area. Many cultural groups, of which medieval Europe growth already had musical traditions, about which little is known. What united these cultures in the Middle Ages was the Roman Catholic Church, and its music has served as a focus for the development of music in the first thousand years of the period. Very few non-Christian music of this period has survived, because of the suppression of the Church and her lack of music notation. However, the folk music of modern Europe probably at least still has medieval roots.

History of Classical Music in the Catholic Church

While certainly composers worked in Rome for nearly a thousand years, since the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the development of a consistent style in the mid-sixteenth century, in part due to encoding the Counter, determined that a group of musicians he were under the 'label of the Roman School. Classical Music in the value of quality assessment is the music of the past, has stood the test of time and has the audience in a modern society (Kallen, 2003).

Classicism in Catholic Church was a period in the history of music, including the second half of the eighteenth century, and years of the nineteenth century. It is a time of retreat from the Baroque splendor, time of return to simplicity, moderation and elegance on the model of ancient rules. The music is meant to simplify invoices for homophobia and the desire to give an excellent form of works based on periodic structure. Classicism has created a new type of orchestra. By rejecting basso continuo and the advantage could arise style symphony orchestra.

According to the testimony of many ancient documents and artistic depictions of the musical life of the Early Middle Ages (up to 800s BC) was quite rich and full. However, history has preserved to this day in the main liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church, much of which is called Gregorian chant, named after Pope Gregory I. Early evidence indicates that Gregory I was himself a composer and was the author of much of the church ...

Has the internet changed the way people perform music? An in-depth look at how open source software has influenced music performance.

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Acknowledgement

I would take this opportunity to thank my research supervisor, family and friends for their support and guidance without which this research would not have been possible.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to expand the boundaries of our knowledge by exploring some relevant and factual information related to the impact of internet on music. The way to make and listen to music has changed with the use of technology. Technology is commonly associated with tools or things that facilitate our daily activities: household appliances, transportation, mass communication etc. Mankind has always sought to make life more simple and comfortable. Similarly, technology has also been utilized to explore some new dimensions of music. In this paper, the author has examined whether the internet and fast evolution of technology has changed the way people perform, produce and perceive music. This paper contains an in-depth analysis of how computer recording software, specifically open source music software, has influenced music performance around the world today.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Discussion5

Impact of technology on the music industry5

The Technology of Musical Composition8

Impact of Open Source Software on Music Composition13

Musink14

Strong Notation14

Audacity14

Musescore14

Noteflight15

Rosegarden15

Wavepad15

Best Practice15

Musical Notes15

Reading Notes15

Audio Tuner16

Media Converter16

Pros of Computer Recording Software18

Cons of Computer Recording Software19

Opportunities Related to Computer Recording Software20

Conclusion22

References24

Has the internet changed the way people perform music? An in-depth look at how open source software has influenced music performance.

Introduction

Internet has changed the way humans learn, communicate, think and even method of consumption. The question that arises is that are the musicians nowadays creating sounds with the help of technology which could not have been possibly produced otherwise. Many different theories exist on how music overall has been impacted by the advent of technology and especially the invention internet along with the introduction of computer recording software like Pure Data, an open source software which allows all users easy access to professional recording and mixing. The fact that the music industry has irrevocably changed cannot be disputed, and the way music is composed has been re invented due to internet and emerging technology (Tanaka, 2005, pp. 191-198). The ‘streaming culture’ which allows for music enthusiasts and other internet surfers or fans to switch to a more attention catching beat with a single click of the mouse has certainly been affected. Ever since the ‘age of machines’ began, even before the advent of internet as a global base for users, in the 1950s, commonly referred to as the time when Stockhausen clashed with Pierre Schaeffer and his “musique concerte” in the Cologne, the Moogs and thermins technology with the help of 808s and auto tune had seeped into the way music was produced and had moulded it in a way which had become unrecognisable. However, it cannot be argued that internet has certainly managed to accelerate the culture of music online and glorified it, in process expanding the boundaries of the music industry to new heights. Nevertheless, it cannot be argued that ...