New secular genres appeared: more than 300 journals, history, theatre, biographies.

During the Renaissance, the Italian secular genre of the Madrigal also became popular.

The dominant secular genre of the Ars Nova was the chanson, as it would continue to be in France for another two centuries.

As the name suggests, the ensemble specializes in madrigals and other secular genres of Renaissance and Baroque.

Other secular genres include nangma and toshe, which are often linked and are accompanied by a variety of instruments designed for highly rhythmic dance music.

The secular genre of the "future war" which so entranced the people of Europe, did not attract the more religious Americans.

Modern literary Syriac has also been used not only in religious literature but also in secular genres often with nationalistic themes.

They also maintained a repertory of secular genres.

Frescobaldi's next four publications after 1627 were composed for instrumental and vocal ensembles in both sacred and secular genres.

Artists were commissioned more secular genres like portraits, landscape paintings and because of the revival of Neoplatonism, subjects from classical mythology.