![]() ![]() ![]() The most curious was on a chariot that carried the most singular music that can be imagined. Then came the archangel Saint Michael in bright clothing, and carrying a balance in his hand. Behind the bull a young boy sewn into a bear skin rode on a horse whose ears and tail were cut off. At the head marched an enormous bull whose horns were burning, between which there was also a small devil. When the King of Spain Felipe II was in Brussels in 1549 visiting his father the Emperor Charles V, each saw the other rejoicing at the sight of a completely singular procession. This instrument was described by the French writer Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin in his book Musiciana, extraits d'ouvrages rares ou bizarres (Musiciana, descriptions of rare or bizarre inventions):
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