[27] He has already been mentioned, p. [13].
[28] Michael Corrette ascribes this to Sainte-Colombe in his violoncello school, which appeared in 1741, concerning which we shall speak farther on.
[29] Concerning this instrument, Mattheson says: “The Angelique, somewhat resembling the lute, must have been far easier to play, and has more cords or strings, which one can accurately touch by reason of their arrangement without moving the left hand much. There is nothing specially besides to remember.” It was, therefore, an instrument of the lute kind.
[30] He was perhaps a brother or relation of the instrument maker Tielke mentioned pp. [7] and [8] of this work.
It is worthy of observation that this second fugue (D minor) has the theme which Mozart, nearly 100 years later, made use of for the second Finale of the “Magic Flute.” There is no doubt this was purely accidental, as Mozart could hardly have seen Schenk’s work.
[33] A MS. copy exists in the Royal Library at Berlin.
[34] The MS. is preserved in the Royal Library at Berlin.