Franz Benda, b. 1709, d. 1786; Concertmeister to Frederick the Great upon the death of J. G. Graun.
On Telemann's influence on Bach see Spitta, ii. 437.
Handel's second visit to Halle took place in June 1729. His mother's illness detained him. See Streatfield, p. 110.
Handel's third visit took place in July-August 1760. He was laid up by a severe accident in the course of it, and appears to have not recovered from it at the time of Bach's death.
Faustina Bordoni, b. 1693, d. 1783; m. Hasse in 1730. She was one of the most famous singers of the day.
The original has “Liederchen.”
See supra, p. 37. Compare Handel's case. He received a royal pension of £600 per annum, and though he was twice a bankrupt, left £20,000.
The Duke was the nephew of, and succeeded, Duke Wilhelm Ernst in 1728.
The Canonic Variations on the melody are published by Novello bk. 19, p. 73. For the Mizler Society, see supra, p. xxiv.
Spitta (iii. 294) regards the statement as incorrect and holds that the work was engraved before Bach joined Mizler's Society in June 1747. Pirro (p. 215) supports Spitta and regards the Variations as having been engraved at Nürnberg “vers 1746.”