Music that is composed, written, and appropriately arranged for a particular ritual is Ceremonial Music. Ceremonial music is a transcultural phenomenon, the structures of which are culturally dependent. Requiems for the dead are forms of ceremonial music, as are wedding marches, preludes, and processionals. Ceremonial music has also been composed in accord with the celebration of births, birthdays, coronations, spring festivities, and, of course, religious holidays.

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