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Aug 8, 2008 · By the 15th century, organ music was widely accepted in the Roman Catholic West, though it never caught on the Orthodox East. The Coptic and Ethiopian churches, by contrast, have their own...
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Sep 16, 2019 · The Christian Church rejected instrumental music in worship for most of church history except in two periods: the dark ages of Roman Catholicism in the 14th to the early 16th centuries (with a few isolated instances prior to that), and again in the 19th century to the present.
Sep 3, 2006 · In the history of the world's religions, only two have developed the art of music to a great degree of proficiency: Judaism and Christianity. These have developed music as an integral part of their worship. In many religions, we find the dirge (a lament and mourning for the dead) and the chant used.
- New Testament History
- Early Church History
- Restoration History Concerning Instrumental Music
It is crucially important to observe that although instrumental music of various types was readily available in contemporary society, no passage shows that the churches mentioned in the New Testament ever used instrumental music in worship. Did they not understand the true meaning of the Old Testament, particularly Psalms? Did they not understand t...
The several general periods of religious history, from the close of the New Testament until the present, have been searched many times from many viewpoints. These searches yield one significant fact for the present topic, which is clear and unassailable: Instrumental music in worship within churches professing to serve Christ did not emerge until h...
A recent study of this historical development has been presented in the book Sounding Brass and Clanging Cymbals. The earliest reference presently available indicated a question of the propriety of introducing instrumental music in worship arose in 1849 (p. 19). A few scattered references are found during the 1850s, but the first well documented us...
This article offers a suvey of the history of church music, identifying a great variety of styles throughout the ages. It considers music in the early church, the Middle ages, and into the Reformation. It gives due consideration to the types of musical instruments used in the worship over the centuries.
Feb 28, 2020 · Instruments were used for dramatic effect to enhance the worship experience. Musical worship blended the formal and the spontaneous. Songs were written in response to national, collective spiritual and personal events.
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We consider the implications of the history of instrumental music in the worship of God, from patriarchal times until today. 1 The Patriarchal Age. Exodus 15:20-21. Musical instruments have existed since antiquity (Genesis 4:21). Following the song of Moses, timbrels were used for worship by Miriam and the women of the Exodus (Exodus 15:20-21).
