Medieval Music Manuscript, Cluny Museum, Paris France Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, spiritual songs to God. Colossians 3:16 We know ancient peoples played musical instruments. Psalm 150 names at least seven: trumpets, lute, harp, tambourine, strings, pipe, and loud clashing cymbals. The earliest mention of musical instruments (which may be simply referred to as

Landscape With Noah Offering a Sacrifice of Gratitude, Joseph Anton Koch, 1803, Stadel Museum Frankfurt, Germany God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall ne a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. ..." Genesis 9:12-13 After the storm Noah offer

Noah's Ark, Quito School artist of Ecuador,1700's, Minneapolis Institute of Art I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your son's wives with you. And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Genesis 6:18-19 The story of Noah's has multiple layers. Two versions of the story mesh together, one of which talks of "two of ever