It is the policy of the Musical Patriot to take Saturdays off from the computer. However, since today is an exception, here is a bit of inspiration for your week-end.
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Often when Luther was at work in his study, Satan perturbed him in many ways. Once he had been locked inside for some time, not even demanding food, when Lucas Edenberger, preceptor of Duke Ernst of Saxony, arrived with some musicians to visit him. When he did not answer their knocking on the door, Edenberger peered through the keyhole and saw Luther lying on the floor unconscious, his arms outstretched. He broke open the door, lifted Luther up in his arms and, together with his companions, began to sing. Dr. Luther regained consciousness slowly, his melancholy departed and before long he began to sing with them. He then implored Lucas and his companions to visit him often and never to let themselves be turned away no matter what he was doing; for he believed that the Satanic visitations and sadness left him as soon as he heard music.
-- The Book of Musical Anecdotes by Norman Lebrecht
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