论拜占庭教会与世俗音乐的矛盾

On the Contradiction of the Byzantine Church and Secular Music

在拜占庭帝国由兴盛到衰落的千年历史中,世俗音乐始终是人们生产实践和社会生活不可或缺的组成部分。尽管它在特定的历史条件下受到了教会及其基督教作家的严厉打击和尖刻的批评,仍以其顽强的生命力和音乐艺术发展的自身规律衍生下来,在音乐历史发展的长河中留下了光彩夺目的印记。

In its thousand years＇ history of Byzantine Empire from prosperity tO downfall secular music was an indispensable component of life in the people＇s production practice and social life. Although in specific historical background it had been severely attacked and sharply criticized by the church and Christian writers, secular music with its strong vigor and its own laws developed and leaves its glorious mark in the long history of music development.