[ [1] See Glossary, “College of Instrumental Musicians.”
[2] The violas were divided into alto, tenor and bass, as the trombones are now. The leading stringed instrument was called discant-viola or discant-violin.
[3] Spitta, vol. i. p. 162.
[4] Spitta, vol. i. p. 52.
[5] Spitta.
[6] During a visit to Ohrdruf in August 1899, Herr Landrathamts-Secretär Kellner kindly gave me the following information. The descendants of J. S. Bach’s eldest brother continued to live in Ohrdruf until 1863, as cantors, clergymen, schoolmasters, lawyers, etc. There are at present living in direct descent Herr Herrmann Julius Bach, Merchant, of Budapest, Herr Alfred Wilhelm Bach, Apothecary, of Witten, and two young sons of the latter.
[7] See Spitta, “Life of Bach,” vol. i. p. 181, note.
[8] The Lyceum is now the Burgerschule. It is shown in the photograph on the left hand side.
[9] The custom of singing in the streets is still kept up. The writer heard one Sunday morning this year at Ohrdruf, excellent singing by the choir-boys, in four parts, two treble and two alto.
[10] Spitta, vol. i. p. 195.