Carved and painted masks are made for the elo, a purely secular performance intended only to entertain (nowadays held on the Prophet's birthday).
Sonata da camera, ( Italian: "chamber sonata") a type of solo or trio sonata intended for secular performance; the designation is usually found in the late 17th century, especially in the works of Arcangelo Corelli.
The sonata da camera, or chamber sonata, intended for secular performance, consisted of several mostly dancelike movements, and the sonata da chiesa, or church sonata, was as a rule more contrapuntal.
Paintings and manuscript illuminations of the period show that much secular performance included both a wide variety of bells, drums, and other percussion instruments and instruments with drones bagpipes, fiddles, double recorders, hurdy-gurdies.
From the early 14th century, in addition to religious performances, secular theatre developed in the form of popular celebrations, spectacles, royal and ambassadorial entries, weddings, and other lavish entertainments that surrounded the royal courts.
These results compared to those published for world records [1] suggest that environmental and climatic conditions, though influencing a year to year performance progression, do not modify the secular trend toward ultimate performance achievement.
Extemporized ornamentation of polyphonic music continued and increased during the 16th century in instrumental, vocal, and combined performance, both secular and sacred.
Reported effects on prescribing behaviour or process changes have not adequately accounted for secular (underlying) trends in performance.
Noye's Fludde (1958), Curlew River (1964), The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966) and The Prodigal Son (1968) were for church performance, and the secular The Golden Vanity was intended to be performed in schools.
The service, which lasted about 90 minutes and was broadcast live on local television and radio, seemed in some ways tailored for a secular audience, with readings and performances by Jose Feliciano, Mary Higgins Clark and Ruth Ann Swenson, a soprano with the Metropolitan Opera.
