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[ I need only allude to the vocal compositions of Ph. Em. Bach; and the union of both schools in Graun's "Tod Jesu" is very apparent.]
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[ A. M. Z., II., p. 585: "Berlin is perhaps the only place in Germany where the most ardent enthusiasm for modern music is still (1800) combined with a zealous defence of the older school. Joh. Seb. Bach and his celebrated sons still strive for pre-eminence with Mozart, Haydn, and Clementi." Zelter writes (Briefw. m. Goethe, V., p. 208): "I have been accustomed to honour the Bach genius for the last fifty years. Friedemann died here, Emanuel Bach was royal chamber musician here, Kirnberger and Agrikola were pupils of old Bach; Ring, Bertuch, Schmalz, &c., performed scarcely anything but the old Bach pieces, and I myself have taught here for the last thirty years, and have pupils who play all Bach's music well.">[
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[ A characteristic instance of this reverence is given by Zelter (Briefw., V., p. 163).]
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[ A. M. Z., III., p. 598. Zelter, Briefw., III., p. 17.]
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[ This testimony is afforded by his grateful pupil, Schulz, and also by Eberhardt (A. M. Z., II., p. 872) and Z[elter] (Berlin Mus. Ztg., 1793, p. 129. Cf. Zelter, Fasch, p. 59. Rintel, Zelter, p. 116).]