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and squalling; therefore, it did not receive
very much favor or attention, 1ut was looked
upon as of doubtful character.
Mr. Gould also noted that when different kinds of instru-
ments were brought together, they soon became tiresome,
with the breaking of strings and the squeaking of reeds.
In 1694 a group of Germans known as the Hermits of
Wissahickon settled in the Wissahickon Valley northwest of
Philadelphia. These mystics, believing that the end of the
world was imminent, and that their one love was to be of
the Lord Jesus Christ, renounced marriage as sinful. The
Hermits of Wissahickon were quite musicalbringing with them
"an organ, a viol, an hautboy, trumpets and kettledrums"
which they used to accompany their singing.4 When Justus
Falckner was ordained in the Gloria Dei Church in Philadel-
phia on November 24, 1703, it is recorded that:
The service was opened with a voluntary on
the little organ in the gallery by Jonas, the
organist, supplemented with instrumental music
by the Mystics on5the viol, hautboy, trombones,
and kettle-drums.
There is a record of small instruments, such as oboes
and flageolets, being brought to Boston around 1700 for the
purposes of trade--possibly with the idea that New England
3Nathaniel Gould, Church Music in America (90 Tremont
Street, 1853), p. 173.
4Robert Gerson, Music in Philadelphia (Philadelphia,
1940), p. 4.
5William Fisher, One Hundred and Fifty Years of Music
Publishinin the UnitFSa~T~{~o sto,7T=33), p*7-TO.
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Rager, Brenda Marie. The Oboe in Early American Music, 1600-1861, thesis, June 1970; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663384/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .