The Role Of Religious Songs In Western Vocal Music Development

Religious songs is an important part in the development of vocal music, which occupies an important position, Christian songs. Is the main Christian songs on this article, in the middle ages, the Renaissance and baroque and so on several important period as the background, select a representative sample of music genre, style, singing techniques, singing the song form aspects of study and finishing, to summary the western religious songs and significance in the development of vocal music in Europe, and tries to reference and learning in the songs.Single Gerry whatever to the ornate style and complicated counterpoint cantata, suffering experiencing a from simple to complex, from single to multiple processes. Gerry whatever western vocal music art is the earliest music genre, mainly for the chorus forms, it is later of the other types of music genre and laid a solid foundation. The middle ages, in addition to the dominant Gerry whatever, also produced continue to chant, Olga farmers, such as vocal music genre, this period of religious songs without complex accompaniment and counterpoint, singing style of solemn simple. The Renaissance added mass, all the praise, such as vocal music genre, the penetration of polyphonic music added difficulty for singing technique, makes people started singing technology research and study. Baroque period religious vocal music genre has cantata, suffering, cantata, etc. Singing form scale reached its zenith during this period, singing style is complicated, there is obvious improvement in technology. Vocal music genre is performed songs singing style, singing technique and emotion of the carrier, according to these well-preserved song style and artistic form, we can calculate the actual situation of people singing at that time, for our system science research and the study provides the reliable data of religious music.With religious songs have cultivate the singer of the school, the school choir and church, promoted the development of vocal music education, cultivate a lot of famous excellent singers and vocal music educators, to promote the production of the professional performing group, make the vocal music as a discipline, and formed a scientific and perfect music education system and professional singing now forms of the concert. Religious songs for the function, status and significance of the modern western music is that it is the basis of songs form style changes, it lies deep in every soul musicians in the west, religious songs followed the pace of The Times, not singing methods and style of the frames in a fixed, free to play the singer and the inspiration of the creator. The emergence and development of religious songs for the role of the modern western music, there is no limit, it is not only for the creation of the western music art laid the deep foundation, also works for inheritance and innovation provides a rich music genre, subject matter, technique of expression.