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Traditional church music vs contemporary church music

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The content and musical style of contemporary church music seems to be substantially different from traditional music. Traditional church music seems to be very opera-like with easy-to-sing tunes, and the content is about glorifying God. Contemporary church music seems to personalize God's relationship with the individual. Are there contemporary church music made in the similar style of the 19th century and earlier and is concerned about God's deeds or relations with mankind, not just the individual? 140.254.77.172 (talk) 19:26, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As for hymns, Sydney Carter (died 2004) David Willcocks (died 2015) and Patrick Appleford are among fairly recent writers of modern hymns in a traditional style. For contemporary choral music, see John Tavener. Alansplodge (talk) 16:57, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]