probaly both
Secular.
Chopin wrote secular music. All of it is for or at least involves his instrument, the piano. He wrote no sacred music at all.
Both, he composed religious and secular cantatas.
I know of Opus 86: Mass in C and Opus 123: Mass in D Missa Solemnis, Opus 85: Christ in the Mount of Olives. I don't know if there are any more.
At the time, monks and priests were the only people who knew how to write musical notation.
Secular.
Chopin wrote secular music. All of it is for or at least involves his instrument, the piano. He wrote no sacred music at all.
Both, he composed religious and secular cantatas.
I know of Opus 86: Mass in C and Opus 123: Mass in D Missa Solemnis, Opus 85: Christ in the Mount of Olives. I don't know if there are any more.
To mimick the sound of angels singing
At the time, monks and priests were the only people who knew how to write musical notation.
Baroque Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer. He wrote several concertos, chorales, and pieces of music known as "Passions". His music was considered to be Baroque. Baroque music is a style of music that was popular during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote in the Baroque era, so he wrote complicated contrapuntal works and elaborate melodies. He composed both secular and religious music. He wrote music for the Klavier; choral music such as cantatas, chorales, arias and sacred songs; organ music such as his famous Preludes and Fugues; Masses and Magnificats; Large scale choral and instrumental works such as Passions and Oratorios; and Chamber music for duets or trios.
Mozart did write music for Ave Verum Corpus. Today, his version is the most commonly heard version in Roman Catholic churches.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925.
You write a song, or a hymn, on a sacred theme.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from 'Let No Man Write My Epitaph' was created on 1960-04-19.