hymns

What about religious hymns of Hinduism and Zoroastrianism which were composed before 200BC and are still in use today?

Many people pick up tunes from the radio or hymns at church, even if they don't play an instrument.

The hymns have specific melodies which were transferred orally as there is no music notation system.

For example, the first mentions of meditation are in Vedic literature and you can still hear Vedic hymns in temples.

The lack of emulated speaker drivers in VirtualBox prevented me from enjoying the auditory experiences in TempleOS, such as the hymns.

I also like to sing (some mix between songs from musicals, hymns, and classical music, in about that order).

For those, do we have detailed information about the actual notes that were played, or just the text of the hymns?

She heard me singing the hymns, and asked me immediately after the service if I'd be interested in joining the choir.

Many clergy and laity alike study, learn and treasure the Latin readings, prayers, chants and hymns that form such an important part of the Western Church's heritage.

Instead of hymns there was classical and folk music, instead of bible readings there were readings from secular literature (Thoreau seemed to be a favorite), and so on.

I went to a local school here in the UK and remember sitting in a hall singing hymns and then having to say prayers.

Religious people believe it is God/The Universe/Whatever calling to them and that they should follow their heart and go sing hymns in a megachurch with 1000 other schizoids.

It is also the case in plainchant in the C of E tradition (the "ancient office hymns" as well as the psalm, the Benedicite, the Sanctus and Benedictus, Te Deum etc.).

One of which, "Solitude Hymns", happened to get featured in one of Spotify's playlists, and managed to rack up more plays than any track by the more famous metal band at the time.