''Musicam sacram'' is the title of an instruction on

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sacred music Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual. Relig ...

issued by the Sacred Congregation of Rites on 5 March 1967 in conjunction with the

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. The instruction deals with the form and nature of worship music within the framework of ''

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''. According to the document, it is not a collection of "all the legislation on sacred music; it only establishes the principal norms which seem to be more necessary for our own day."

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* * 1967 documents 1967 in Christianity Christian liturgical music Documents of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Catholic liturgical law {{RC-document-stub