In his later years he wrote more sacred than secular music.
They are among the earliest examples of Western secular music.
At this time he would also sing secular music in bars.
Even so, little is known about ecclesiastical and secular music of that time.
Their performances of secular music take place throughout the concert season.
Both sacred and secular music are well represented in this collection.
There is little connection between traditional Judaism and secular music.
And as we shall see in the next chapter, his secular music was at least equally various.
He also wrote some secular music, but the quantity is limited as may be expected from a member of a strict religious order.
There survive a few but explicit accounts of secular music.