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Christian music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an entertainment product for the marketplace.

Christian Music/ Christian Sheet Music
Christian music is worship and praise music. Vineyard, Integrity Hosanna, Worship Together and Hillsongs are popular Christian music titles. Like the rest of the music industry, Christian music is also plagued by illegal download. A Newsweek report claimed that nearly 300,000 people shared Third Day songs – Christian music. Christian sheet music is generally available freely. You can download Christian sheet music in gif format. Guitar music, keyboard music and piano music notations are available as Christian sheet music.

Christmas Music
Christmas music stresses traditional American values. Christmas music songs can be sung in various styles – Jazz, classical or even country music. Choral Christmas music rings in the Yuletide season. Christmas music songs popular with kids are Santa Claus is coming to Town, Little Town of Bethlehem and Jingle Bells. The clear notes of Silent Night and We Three Kings mark every Christmas music session.

Silent Night is the most recorded Christmas music song of all times. Legend has it that Joseph Mohr of Austria wrote a poem ‘Stille Nacht’ and his friend the church organist Franz Gruber immediately set it to music for the Midnight Mass.

Origins of Gospel Music
Gospel music finds origin in the United States in the nineteenth century. Christian sheet music first appeared in print in 1874 with the publication of Gospel Songs by Philip Bliss. Christian music, and Gospel music in particular sprang from a broader and deeper intention of worship. Christian music can be described as an expression of community. Gospel music encapsulates the theological aspect of life along with a strong social dimension. Soon, Gospel music began to attract a vast audience. Though there were initial misgivings, Gospel music songs found a place after the sermon at Church.

Gospel music groups were established. Sallie Martin, Clara Ward, Marion Williams, Soul Stirrers and the original Gospel Harmonettes were the leading gospel music talent in the 30s and 40s. Gospel music radio also took shape around the same time.

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