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Czech brass bands
It was not the sound of an organ, but music for brass instruments that people from Bohemia and Moravia brought from their home countries. Therefore the brass is particularly appreciated by the fraternity. In the large prayer hall at Herrnhut there was not only a gallery for the organ and singers. A second gallery was reserved for the brass; this unfortunately does no longer exist because the entire building burned down in 1945. The Herrnhut brass ensemble may justly be called the oldest ecclesiastical brass ensemble in Germany. On special religious holidays they play the wake-up call and their tunes gather the community for the Holy Communion. Furthermore they accompany the parish procession to the churchyard at sunrise on Easter morning.