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The English writer and poet Walter Savage Landor wrote: ""Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.”   

The English writer and poet Walter Savage Landor wrote: ""Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.”   

As noted above, on the whole, throughout history atheists have not shown the same degree of appreciation of music. In terms of propagating atheism, atheists have been far more interested in politics (see: [[Atheism and politics]]).  According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title="Investigating atheism: Marxism"|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014|}}</ref> See also: [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Secular left]]

As noted above, on the whole, throughout history atheists have not shown the same degree of appreciation of music. In terms of propagating atheism, atheist activists have been far more interested in politics (see: [[Atheism and politics]]).  According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title="Investigating atheism: Marxism"|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014|}}</ref> See also: [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Secular left]]

== Atheist Dan Barker still receives royalties from his popular Christian children songs. His atheist music is not widely heard ==

== Atheist Dan Barker still receives royalties from his popular Christian children songs. His atheist music is not widely heard ==