The Halls Of Montezuma - Marines Hymn - Mormon Tabernacle Choir

They chased the afr. music, songs, dances, but, adapting to local conditions, they were forced to compromise: they were allowed to perform the church. anthems on afr. tunes, change the texts of religions. chants used during worship afr. Nar instruments, down to the drums. Initially afr. NarEuropeans introduced the music into religious rites, then the Africans themselves began to do it, composing motives and hymns in the styles characteristic of their tribes and peoples. In con. 19 - ser. 20th centuries widely known in South. Africa was used by the head of the sect of the Nazareth Baptist Church I. Shembe, who composed approx. 200 songs and hymns on their own. poetic texts. At the heart of these productions. - traditional Zulu musical poetry. folklore.