Obviously, it's a religious service as well, but it's a genre of music like the symphony or the concerto.

当然,它是一种宗教仪式,但和交响乐或协奏曲一样,也是音乐体裁

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

In our art music, our symphonies, concertos genres of this sort, the performer is actually much less important.

在我们的高雅音乐,像我们的交响乐,协奏曲,这类的体裁中,演奏者往往不那么重要

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Well, a mass is a genre of music.

弥撒曲是一种音乐体裁

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

So it's a genre of music.

因此它是一种音乐体裁

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选