"I wish to see all arts, principally music, in the service of Him who gave and created them. I would not for all the world forego my humble share of music. Singers are never sorrowful, but are merry, and smile through their troubles in song. Music makes people kinder, gentler, more staid and reasonable. I am strongly persuaded that after theology there is no art that can be placed on a level with music; for besides theology music is the only art capable of affording peace and joy of the heart." ...
"The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God.”
~ Martin Luther - foreword to the Wittenberg Gesangbuch, 1524
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