[11] In a MS. collection in possession of F. A. Roitzsch of Leipsic.
[12] MS. in Lib. of R. Inst. for church music, Berlin.
[13] Peters, vol. 244.
[14] See Glossary, Positiv.
[15] The above list, which slightly differs from that of Spitta, was taken from the existing stop handles.
[16] Spitta, vol. i. p. 231.
[17] i.e. like many of Handel’s songs, which have a da capo after the change of key.
[18] For an account of these see J. G. Shedlock, “The Pianoforte Sonata,” London, 1895.
[19] The organ had fifty-four stops, three manuals, and pedal; and the post of organist at this church was one of the best in Germany. It had one drawback, however; on the resignation or death of an organist, the person appointed to succeed him was obliged to marry his daughter. Mattheson and Handel in 1704 and Bach in 1706 had thought of applying for the post, but were all frightened away by this condition. Buxtehude’s successor was Johann Christian Schieferdecker, who had been harpsichord player in the opera at Hamburg.
[20] A preacher in the New Church.