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About Psalm
Psalm is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of poem and religious song.
From Wikipedia
The Book of Psalms ( SAH(L)MZ, US also; Biblical Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים, romanized: Tehillīm, lit. 'praises'; Ancient Greek: Ψαλμός, romanized: Psalmós; Latin: Liber Psalmorum; Arabic: مَزْمُور, romanized: Mazmūr, in Islam also called Zabur, Arabic: زَبُورُ, romanized: Zabūr), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called Ketuvim ('Writings'), and a book of the Old Testament.
The book is an anthology of Hebrew religious hymns. In the Jewish and Western Christian traditions, there are 150 psalms, and several more in the Eastern Christian churches. The book is divided into five sections, each ending with a doxology, a hymn of praise. There are several types of psalms, including hymns or songs of praise, communal and individual laments, royal psalms, imprecation, and individual thanksgivings. The book also includes psalms of communal thanksgiving, wisdom, pilgrimage, and other categories.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Psalm.
- ↑ poem
- ↑ religious song
Frequently asked questions
What is Psalm?
Psalm is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of poem and religious song.
Sources & credits
- Wikidata Q12497663 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Psalms – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Psalm 23 1 Morse Code by HamRadioOperator73 – CC0 1.0
- 4. Coro aus dem Psalm 42 von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy by Knabenchor Unser Lieben Frauen Bremen – CC BY-SA 4.0
- PDP-CH - Irmgard Seefried with Aachener Domchor and Preussische Staatskapelle - Theodor… – Public domain