Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . ethe consistory. He was met immediately with the reproach that he hadstretched out his permitted four weeks vacation into sixteen. The spiri-tual court also brought up other complaints against him; for example,that lie treated the organ-playing; in which Bach often gave his fantasyfull play, as the principal thing, and the church service as secondary; thatone Sunday, in the near past, he had gone during the preaching into awine-cellar, etc. The misunderstandings with the board continued. Bachreceived, eight months later, a summons in which, as befo
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . ethe consistory. He was met immediately with the reproach that he hadstretched out his permitted four weeks vacation into sixteen. The spiri-tual court also brought up other complaints against him; for example,that lie treated the organ-playing; in which Bach often gave his fantasyfull play, as the principal thing, and the church service as secondary; thatone Sunday, in the near past, he had gone during the preaching into awine-cellar, etc. The misunderstandings with the board continued. Bachreceived, eight months later, a summons in which, as before, he was re-quested to clear himself of the above and other accusations of irregularities. In spite of all these troubles with the officers of the church, and theofttimes vexatious, wearisome, and time-robbing duties of his office, Bachhad, during his stay, worked on undisturbed, cultivating his power ofcomposition. Out of this period came his organ compositions, of whichthe Concertata is decidedly the most remarkable. It is printed in the.
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