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Guitars Strings Musical Instruments Colorful Music

Music Genre

Music Genre A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. It is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Music can be divided into genres in varying ways, such as popular music and art music, or religious...

A genre painting (Peasant Dance, c. 1568, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder)

Genre

Genre Genre is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other forms of art or entertainment, whether written or spoken, audio or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria, yet genres...

A Feast of Our Lady of Andacollo procession in Chile, 1838

Veneration Of Mary In The Catholic Church

Veneration Of Mary In The Catholic Church The veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church encompasses various Marian devotions which include prayer, pious acts, visual arts, poetry, and music devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Popes have encouraged it, while also taking steps to reform some manifestations of it. The Holy See has insisted on the importance...