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liturgy, and the role of musical instruments as described in the Bible. This final section concludes with an argument for the continued use of instruments, and especially the organ, in the liturgy of the modern church. The second part, "a history of music outside the church," details classical examples (both historical and mythological) for various secular uses of music, from its use in times of war, in courtly ceremony or at banquets, to the response of animals to music, all topics that might be of particular interest to the educated nobility. The breadth of classical references is typical of
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The final published volume, also in German, is a mine of information on performance practice of
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The first volume was written in Latin and divided into two parts, published separately. The first part, "on sacred or ecclesiastical music," shows
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is the celebrated "Theater of
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