Religious Consciousness And The Carrier Of Culture

Organ, one of the most ancient music instrument, is the important music instrument in Christian music, and has direct influence on the development of Religious music. In the western music history, the most booming era in religion music is the organ peak. So this article is to uncover the organ historic status from the beginning of the organ to baroque period by taking the organ in baroque period. This article is composed of 3 chapters. Chapter 1"From the carnal world to the church: religious thinking tracking back"is to describe how the organ become the representative music instrument in religious music and the causes.Chapter 2"baroque period: the inheritance of the heavy religious meaning"Through 3 aspects: the use of the organ in religious music, the analysis of Bach's organ music works and the caused that the pipe organ in baroque period is booming, is to illustrate the historic status and the usage of the organ in baroque period.Chapter 3"The necessity of downfall: The weakness of the religious thinking"is to illustrate the organ's the necessity of downfall from the 2 points: the pipe organ downfall and fading out.Generally speaking, through the method of study in the music history, it's to describe how the organ is transferred from the carnal world to the religious music, has influence on religious music. Then it's to disclose the causes of the usage of the organ in baroque period and its booming, and the historic status in western religious music.