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"concert master"; in Bach's day this responsibility often included directing the ensemble in addition to playing in it.

the German equivalent of Vespers, applies particularly to a series of Advent concerts started by Buxtehude in Lübeck (1673)

See bar form.

"Treatise on the Fugue"

"Royal Academy of Music"

Statement of a motive or melody in rhythmic proportions longer than the original

German poetic form consisting of three stanzas, each stanza beginning with two Stollen followed by an Abgesang. When set to music, this type of poetry yields a two-part schematic (AAB) in which the repeating section "A" is called the Stollen and the non-repeating section "B" the Abgesang. This form is employed in most chorales a [..]

"Academy of St. Cecilia" (Cecilia is the patron saint of music and musicians)

"Archive of the Early Bachs"