Music Flashcards
Worship leaders have to deal with differences of opinion and personal preference concerning musical …
style
Although worship wars have been seemingly more intense the past few years, “History reveals,” according to Borchert, “that differences of opinion about worship are … new.”
not
Church leaders were particularly cautious concerning … influence of music used for the worship service. Ells worth gives us some insight into the church fathers’ case for a moral separation from secular music.
secular
The writings and decisions of the patristic church show a keen awareness of the power of … and a desire to guard Christians against … that would damage their faith. The identification fo moral values with music and the resistance to the use of secularized music in the church are nearly as old as the church itself.
music
music
Early church fathers were aware of the earlier Greek doctrine of ethos, which maintained that music has distinct moral qualities and effects. Music was believed to have … to influence people along specific emotional and behavioral lines.
power
Consequently, no innovations or foreign melodic material were admissible. It is not difficult to understand the church father’s attitude toward the secular music of their day, since the early church existed in the midst of a largely … civilization.
pagan
Although the NT scriptures do not include mention of music and musical instruments extensively, they do contain important references. It is clear that the worship life of the early church was characterized:
- by the use of psalms and other forms of song
- it seems that much of the music was unaccompanied
- the harp and … were sometimes used, but other instruments were found objectionable because of their association with pagan worship
lyre
Erickson noted that “much of what we know about early church music is from records of church decisions concerning what was … and what was not …
acceptable
acceptable
Augustine confessed that the singing in the church of Milan contributed to his conversion, but at the same time he was concerned that the singing was too … He even pondered having music banished.
attractive
In general, singing was an important part of worship during the early centuries. White suggests the 2 primary purposes of hymns singing were “as a … tool as well as … to God.”
teaching
praise
… set the agenda for much of medieval worship. They did much to shape the growth of church music at which they were the masters. Music played a central role in medieval worship. Until this time, church music had been confined to monophonic melody.
Monks
In the 7th century, the first step away from this tradition was the … This came as a result of a deeper theoretical fascination with music.
organum
It was the early attempts at breaking away from monophonic music to include crude forms of … According to Hustad, worship in the Middle ages, “lost its spontaneity and congregational nature in the development of a fixed, complex liturgy performed by priests, with minimal congregational involvement.”
harmony
… singing was practically unknown as almost all the singing was done entirely by the clergy or choirs. The Bohemian, John Huss was an exception. Huss believed that the people had a right to share in the church’s …
Congregational
song
Martin Luther, the great figure head of theological integrity and musical ingenuity for the Protestant church influenced a conservative and systematic transition from the priest-dominated worship of the Catholic Church to congregationally accessible evangelical services through … composition, liturgical reform, and music education.
hymn
