Christian songs

Catholic Christian prayer

An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work (still frequently seen in Sacred Harp and other types of shape note singing) and still more particularly to a specific form of liturgical music. In this sense, its use began in English-speaking churches; it uses English language words, in contrast to the originally Roman Catholic 'motet' which sets a Latin text.

thumbnail|Conductus Beata viscera digital facsimile of Wolfenbüttel 1099

right|thumb|upright|Portrait of Walther von der Vogelweide from the Codex Manesse (ms. C, fol. 124r) The Palästinalied ("Palestine Song") is a Medieval song written in the early 13th century by Walther von der Vogelweide, the most celebrated lyric poet of Middle High German literature. It is one of the few songs by Walther for which a melody has survived.

religious song

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song cycle composed by Johannes Brahms

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sacred song by Johann Sebastian Bach

Christian hymn by Michael Joncas