What Secular Music Means?

Secular music, broadly speaking, is any music that is not religious in nature. The term ''secular'' comes from the Latin word saeculum, and this was used in the early Christian church to mean ''the world,'' as opposed to ''the Church.

What are examples of secular music?

Secular music in the Middle Ages included love songs, political satire, dances, and dramatical works, but also moral subjects, even religious but just not for church use. Non-liturgical pieces such as love songs to the Virgin Mary would be considered secular.

How would you describe secular music?

Secular music is any music not written for the church. The earliest written secular songs, the Goliard Songs were poems about women, wine, and satire and were notated in a manner that we still cannot fully decipher.