Re: Once again, Bach redux

So sorry, my book is continues to belie an easy transition to Yahoo. Sorry
it is hard to read (if not decipher). Johnny

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Helpful...but the question was not about *your* book, or even about
the opinions of 20th century musicologists. Rather, it was a request
for a direct 18th century reference that would back up any direct
connection between Werckmeister's books and Bach. Such a thing, if it
exists, should be found within the covers of the several volumes of
_Bach-Dokumente_ from the NBA, should it not? Conveniently numbered
among the 600+ other items in those books?

It just doesn't do to assert things like this: "Many have since
commented that Werckmeister's Orgel-Probe was a mainstay in Johann
Sebastian Bach's personal library. When Johann Sebastian was a child,
his extended family was devouring Werckmeister's Orgel-Probe which
effectively announced the new era of chromatic organ playing with its
introduction." The request was for a definite and unequivocal 18th
century source, not the vague opinion of "many" (many what? AFMM
concert-goers?) about the contents of JSB's personal library in his
youth or midlife.

Heck, I don't even know what my own father had in his personal library
when he was 18 to 30. I don't see how anyone can be sure about
"mainstay" volumes in Bach's, either, 300 years ago. No copies of
Werckmeister's books are in the explicit list of books in Bach's
estate. Did Albert Schweitzer really write such things as you implied
with your first paragraph? What were *his* sources?

Thanks anyway,
Brad Lehman

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Afmmjr@... wrote:
>
> So sorry, my book is continues to belie an easy transition to Yahoo.
Sorry
> it is hard to read (if not decipher). Johnny