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Adrianus Petit Coclico also confirmed Faber’s contention, saying that in Germany at the mention of improvised song ‘they rail at you with greater aversion than at a dog’ (Compendium musices, Nuremberg, 1552, f.I/iv). But in contradistinction to Faber, Coclico advocated improvised song as a beautiful art in which other nations excelled. ................
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