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FASCH: Martin Luther did not nail his ninety-five theses to the great doors at Wittenberg only to have you rid the world of music.

SCHOTT: Nor did he only to have you rid it of God! (Beat.) When the theme rises in a joyful figuration, it must be because the congregation, at that moment, sings of an angels’ joy at the birth of our Lord. If the melody grows morose, it is at the turn of the story to Mary’s grief as Christ lay dying, or because the word “sin” or “death” has cropped up in the text.

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SCHOTT: Not to honor the man but to replace him?

FASCH: Someone must.

SCHOTT: And clearly it must not be you! Mysticism is not faith! We are not meant to experience pure feeling! This is not Italy! Would you have us, as they do, drive our congregants into an unending sensual