Question

"It is obvious that the Church had a great influence on the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and even the Baroque. Do you believe that was a good thing? Was it it beneficial, for the development of the music in general and composers in particular, that they were scrutinized by the Church? Would have they been better off if they were offered free-reign, and allowed to compose whatever they wanted, however they wanted? Finally, can you think of a similar instance, in art, literature, or any other genre, where an institution had a great control over the creative process? What was the outcome in that particular instance?

Response should be a well developed paragraph

Answer 1

One of the most important things about the European society is that everything was controlled, monitored and shaped by the church as it was the official religion who even controlled the empires for long time. Church was very particular in terms of limiting human creativity in all the art forms such as, music, literature, sculpting, painting, poetry and even in science. Human intelligence and creativity were limited by church to a great extent although music was one area which was widely used in the church services. However, it was the renaissance and enlightenment movement that broke free from the clutches of the church and freed the artists and their creativity for good. These two movements are the landmark movements that gifted the world with some of the greatest, artists, scientists etc. It was only after the society moved away from the clutches of the church, it was able to progress in all walks of life.

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