Have you seen the 2016-released popular animation movie //Sing// before? If so, you must be familiar with this clip. Meena, a teenage elephant with an exquisite voice. She's singing Hallelujah. It's beautiful, isn't it? But do you know what genre is this song? And what does "Hallelujah" means?

你有看2016年火热的动画电影《欢乐好声音》吗？如果你看过的话，相信你对这个片段一定很熟悉。象女孩米娜有者无与伦比的歌喉，她正唱的是《哈利路亚》。非常动听不是吗？但你知道这首歌是什么流派的吗？而“哈利路亚”又是什么意思呢？

Actually, this song is a cover of the song //Hallelujah// released by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen in 2002, which evokes both early rock and roll and gospel music.[(Wikipedia contributors. (2020, August 4). Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 06:39, August 13, 2020, from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)&oldid=971198798]])] He received Lifetime Achievement Award at 2010 Grammys. You can click on the component below to audition the song for thirty seconds.

事实上，这首歌翻唱自加拿大歌手莱昂纳德·科恩2002年发布的歌曲《哈利路亚》，这首歌让人们想起早期的摇滚乐与福音音乐。他在2010年时获得了格莱美终生成就奖。你可以点击下方的元件试听三十秒。

Gospel music, also known as "black gospel music" or "African American gospel music", is a genre of American Protestant music that emerged in the 1920s. The term "Gospel Music" was created by Thomas A. Dorsey in Chicago in 1921, it made him called "the father of gospel music".

福音音乐又称“黑人福音音乐”或“非裔美国福音音乐”，是出现于20世纪20年代的一种美国新教音乐。该专有名词是1921年托马斯·多尔西在芝加哥发明的，这使他被冠以“福音音乐之父”之称。

This music is an upbeat style of religious singing with lots of harmonies. Traditional hymns, brought from England to the US in hymn books, were sung every Sunday by white Americans. Slaves heard these hymns and worked out a "call-and-response" format of them. They evolved into what came to be known as the "spiritual." Call and response was the model of the "work song," sung by slaves in cotton plantations and on chain gangs. One singer would sing a line and it would be repeated, often in harmony, by the group.

这种音乐是一种欢快的宗教歌唱风格，有很多和声。传统的赞美诗，以赞美诗书的形式（被移民们）从英国带至美国，美国白人每个星期天都会吟唱它们。奴隶们听到这些赞美诗，并研究出一种“呼唤回应”的形式。它们演变成了后来被称为“灵歌”的东西。呼唤和回应是“工作歌”的模式，由棉花种植园和链式帮派的奴隶演唱。一个歌手唱一句，然后由大家重复唱，往往是和声唱。

The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture and social context. It is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as entertainment for the marketplace. However, a common theme is praise and thanks to God and/or Christ.

福音音乐的创作、表演、意义，甚至是定义都因文化和社会背景的不同而不同。它的创作和表演有许多目的，从审美的乐趣、宗教或仪式的目的，或者作为市场的娱乐。然而，一个共同的主题是对上帝和/或基督的赞美和感谢。

By the 1950s, African-American Christian songs were known as the gospel, and took on danceable rhythms and the instrumental traits of blues and jazz. While religious in nature, the lyrics of many gospel songs spoke of liberation and better times to come, themes with political resonance in the days of unequal rights for Africa-Americans in the 1960s. Many great soul singers, such as Aretha Franklin[(编者注：Aretha Franklin，艾瑞莎·富兰克林，出生于1942年的美国流行音乐女歌手，出版歌曲跨越灵魂与流行音乐，有者“灵魂歌后”或“灵魂乐第一夫人”等称号，2018年于底特律逝世，享年76岁。她的著名歌曲有//I Say A Litte Prayer//等。（Wikipedia）)] and pop singers like Whitney Houston[(编者注：Whitney Houston，惠特尼·休斯顿，出生于1963年的美国著名歌手，代表歌曲有//Saving All My Love for You//、//Greatest Love of All//等，2012年死于服药过量导致心脏病发并于浴室溺亡，享年48岁。)], had their roots firmly in the gospel tradition.

到了1950年代，非裔美国人的基督教歌曲被称为福音歌曲，并带有舞蹈节奏和蓝调和爵士乐的乐器特征。虽然在本质上是宗教性的，但许多福音歌曲的歌词谈到了解放和未来的美好时光，在60年代非洲裔美国人权利不平等的日子里，这些主题具有政治共鸣。许多伟大的灵魂歌手，如艾瑞莎·富兰克林[(#2)]和惠特尼·休斯敦[(#3)]等流行歌手，都深深扎根于福音传统。

=== Hallelujah by Pentatonix === **About Pentatonix:**\\ Pentatonix (abbreviated PTX) is an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Matt Sallee. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements with vocal harmonies, basslines, riffing, percussion, and beatboxing, they produce cover versions of modern pop works or Christmas songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with original material. Pentatonix formed in 2011 and subsequently won the third season of NBC's The Sing-Off, receiving $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music.[(Wikipedia contributors. (2020, August 16). Pentatonix. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:07, August 19, 2020, from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pentatonix&oldid=973224332]])] **关于五声音阶乐团：**\\ “五声音阶”为来自德克萨斯州阿灵顿的无伴奏合唱组合（简称“PTX”），共有五位成员，包括：斯科特·荷约林，克斯蒂·马尔多纳多，米切·格拉西，麦特·沙利和凯文·奥鲁索拉。他们于NBC电视台节目The Sing-Off第三季中勇夺冠军后，献唱了生存者的名曲//Eye of the Tiger//作为胜利之歌。除了赢得20万美元奖金外，他们还得到与索尼唱片的录音合约。[(五聲音階 (樂團). (2020, May 31). Retrieved from 维基百科, 自由的百科全书: [[https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E4%BA%94%E8%81%B2%E9%9F%B3%E9%9A%8E_(%E6%A8%82%E5%9C%98)&oldid=59888344]])] **Official website - 官方网站**\\ [[https://ptxofficial.com/home]]

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