一、引言合唱一词,由来已久,人们似乎对它并不陌生,然正如黑格尔所言:熟知并非真知。合唱或合唱音乐究竟是什么,却非人皆能道,故,本文以此出发,浅谈合唱如何定义以及分类。合唱音乐在不同的时代,有着不同的定义以及范围,而造成这样认知不同的因素,在人类社会的宗教、政治以及其他社会因素。以西方为例,早期西方政教合一的社会中,宗教的力 I. INTRODUCTION The term “chorus” has long existed. People seem to be familiar with it. However, as Hegel remarked, being familiar is not true. What is the chorus or choral music, but non-human can Road, therefore, this article proceed from this, on how to define the chorus and classification. Chorus music has different definitions and scopes in different times, which lead to different cognitive factors in human society such as religion, politics and other social factors. In the West, for example, the power of religions in early Western societies of religions and religions