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Sacred Music Essay

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LITERATURE REVIEW (Christian Educators Association International) States that sacred music may be taught if it is “presented objectively as part of a secular program of education”. For example, a choral program can have Christmas carols and religious music. The students have the opportunity to perform a broad range of music, poetry and drama that will most likely pique the interest of the students and their audience. (National Association of Music Educators, 1996) States that public schools do not necessarily have to take away from the curriculum anything that may offend any religious sensitivity. For instance, if you were to study art history then certainly there would be reference to the Sistine Chapel, and in the study of architecture, …show more content…

Music educators advocate the use of this music because it is of great value. At the same time, there are a lot of pieces (sacred and secular) that are not high quality and do not contain significant educational value. Pieces that lack rich musical content or are obviously and mainly devotional in nature should not be used in your curriculum. Do not cause someone to challenge the use of quality music by including something that does not merit our educational attention. When it comes to selecting literature, the same procedures should apply for sacred and non-sacred literature. Quality is …show more content…

It may be impossible to understand the history of western music without exposure to certain sacred music such as Gregorian chant polyphony, because of the musical settings of the mass and the oratorio literature. Due to the fact that the church historically patronized the arts by employing musicians to compose play and sing music for worship services. Sacred choral music comprises a substantial portion the choral music repertoire. For this reason it plays an important role in the history of music and should and does have an important place in music education. (Kasparian,

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