Music and Time Annotation << Back Genre Panorama of Psalm Compositions in 20th Century N. Lozovskaya The paper deals with musical realization of the Bible psalm genre within the framework of genres as it had been formed in the 20th century. The author systematizes the most significant musical works based on the texts of biblical psalms and presents the genre panorama of contemporary psalm compositions. The article explains how the genre of Bible psalms had been realized in the following music genres: songs, choir concert, vocal music cycle, cantata-oratorio genres, instrumental piece, symphony. Also, the author demonstrates why composers would use a given music genre. In addition, the article contains a table showing categorization of 20th century psalm compositions according to the various genres. Thus a reader can get a clear picture of how the genre of Bible psalms had been materialized in the 20th century musical works.  Keywords: genre, psalm, psalm compositions, canticle, musical tradition Contacts: E-mail: lozov25@mail.ru Pp. 30-34.