Editing Yared (section)

==In popular culture==
Little known of the life of St. Yared outside the traditional account. St. Yared thought to gather his pupils to teach his musical system after asceticism in monastic life. He has been said to bequeath musical heir where the practice also revolutionised "a genealogy of masters from St. Yared in the 6th-century to [[Aleqa]] [[Mersha Nahusenay|Mersha]] in the 20th-century". St. Yared's chant and voice are revered as powerful; his performance on liturgical music outstrips into secular domain, where "the remark [is] often made of a good singer; his voice makes one cry."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shelemay |first=Kay Kaufman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiNREAAAQBAJ&dq=yared+story&pg=PA52 |title=Sing and Sing On: Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the Ethiopian American Diaspora |date=2022-01-11 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-81002-7 |language=en}}</ref> His work has been contested to controversy by religious and secular discourse. Secular teaching argued that St. Yared is the base and father of secular music. The outlook of "secular music" is strongly objected to by the Orthodox Church. Other challenges are spiritual songs in audio and audiovisual form are possible without an original hymn. Without proper knowledge, some musicians prepare religious music and some singers take to secular form. The most contentious is the use of church treasures such as drum, sistrum, clothes and sticks currently used by Protestant followers. Some of St. Yared's songs like "Yekome Were", "Yetegulet Digua", "Yeankober Wereb", Yewashera Qine", Yeachabr Wereb", "Yeselelkula Kidase", "Ye Aba Giorgis" and "Ze Gasicha Seatat" are becoming obsolete or few scholars have no students.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=Tourism Development Potentials of St. Yared Heritages in Aksum: Assessment to Intervention 2018 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330199795}}</ref>

===Reception===
St. Yared is regarded by [[Ethiopian Studies]] scholars as the founder of ''[[qene]]''. His musical work swayed Yohannes of Gebla in [[Wollo Province|Wollo]] and Tewanei of Deg Istifa in [[Gojjam]], who improvised into complex forms. The work also contributed to service from time of day to day of the year, depending on valuable occasional feasts and religious seasons. Deggua's summary opening by:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=Yared: The Composer of HUMNS |url=https://piassabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/e18b9ce18a93-e18aa0e189a0e18b8d.pdf}}</ref>
<blockquote>
Oh! Music!...

Ah! Music that I heard the angels' sing in Heaven

Uttering Holy! Holy! Lord!

The Heavens and the Earth are filled with

Your holy praise
</blockquote>
Tradition holds that St. Yared ascended to Heaven supported by angels [[Seraph]] and [[Cherub]], singing "Holy! Holy! Holy!", a paraphrase of [[Ancient of Days]] in [[Book of Daniel]]. In addition, it augmented supernatural entities bolstered him: three white angels, and three white birds singing with animals and beasts. His compositions also reflect agriculture and seasons. For example, for the rainy season (mid-June to mid-September) and for the harvest season (mid-September to mid-December):<ref name=":1" />
;Rainy season
<blockquote>
Listen to the sound of the footsteps of the rain!

When the rains pour down, the poor rejoice.

Listen to the sound of the footsteps of the rain!

When the rains pour down, the hungry are satiated...

The clouds hear and obey His word;

And the streams brim with water.

And the furrows quench their thirst...
</blockquote>
;Harvest season
<blockquote>
In its own time, the rainy season has passed.

Now is established the season of plenty.

Behold! The plants have blossomed and brought forth fruit...
</blockquote>