Slovenian hymnody

The Early Years (750?-1550) The first Slovenian musical records date from the second half of the 16th century. Prior to that date there were sacred songs, defined as songs of religious content that are sung at church service. Their contents are based on the Bible (psalmic hymns), religious truths (catechetic hymns) and on the lives of the saints (hymns of the saints and pilgrimage hymns). This survey will give an outline of the sacred music that took place on the Slovenian territory and was not primarily bound to instrumental (pipe organ) accompaniment. With the Slovenes sacred songs began to emerge at Christianization in the 8th century. Unlike Romance peoples, the Slovenes could not...