Answer to Question #177820 in English for Susana

Question

Often, musical traditions are categorized separately as sacred and secular. With the knowledge you have gained so far, do you think that there is a difference in musical expression between sacred and secular music? Think of the musical elements such as timbre (instruments, voice quality, etc.), rhythm (free rhythm vs. meter), melody (range, contour, scale, etc.), text setting (syllabic vs. melismatic) and phonic structure. 

Answer 1

Music affiliated with religious or spiritual worship is known as sacred music. It differs from secular music not because of the music itself, but because of the religious material. The themes of almost all Christian sacred music are drawn from the Bible or from closely related apocryphal tales with a Religious basis or relation.

Secular music is music that lacks a primary religious theme, though it may allude to the sacred or holy. It focuses on commonplace topics such as marriage, work, nature, sorrow, and folk tales. Both secular and religious song have a wide range of emotional tones, from somber to joyful.