A person who...does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of

Martin Luther
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This quote brings up the idea that music is an act of creation. It shows that the people who do not take into account that music is an act of creation or God, are very ungrateful. They are the ones who do not deserve to be called human beings. Music is something that is created by God, and if you don’t believe in God, then you won’t respect the things that God created.

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