313 On the contrary, the Cantata belongs to the Leipzig period, 1723-34.
314 None of the four “short” Masses is in five parts. All have instrumental accompaniments. The autograph scores of the Masses in A major and G major are in Messrs. Breitkopf and Haertel’s possession. Copies of the other two scores, in Altnikol’s handwriting, are in the Berlin Royal Library. See Introduction to B.G. VIII.
315 An eight-part Mass in G was performed at a Leipzig Gewandhaus Concert on March 7, 1805, and was published later in the year by Breitkopf and Haertel. The score is admittedly, for the greater part of the work, in Bach’s hand and is in the Berlin Royal Library. The publication of the work was under consideration by the Bachgesellschaft in 1858. That it is not by Bach is generally held. It has been attributed to Johann Ludwig Bach (d. 1741). See Genealogical Table II.
317 A nom de plume for Christian Friedrich Henrici (1700-64), who wrote a large number of Bach’s Leipzig texts.
318 Perhaps Forkel indicates the short _Sanctus_ in Richter’s edition of the _Choralgesänge_, No. 123, or that in B.G. XLI. p. 177.
319 This is the first Chorus of Cantata No. 38. It is printed as a separate Motet in Erk, No. 150.
320 Forkel’s list is complete except for _Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden._
322 Forkel refers to the _Peasant Cantata,_ or _Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet,_ performed on August 30, 1742. Forkel clearly was not familiar with Bach’s other secular Cantatas. See B.G. XI. (ii.), XX. (ii.), XXIX. The Autograph score of the Peasant Cantata is in the Berlin Royal Library.
323 Forkel’s suggestion was carried out, with varying thoroughness, in the Bachgesellschaft edition.
324 Forkel’s judgment is at fault. See Schweitzer, i. 336.
325 Also in Wilhelm Friedemann’s _Clavierbüchlein._ See Schweitzer, i. 279; Spitta, ii. 166.
326 “Since you cannot please everybody by your actions and work, strive at least to satisfy a few; popular appreciation encourages bad art.”—Schiller’s _ Votiftafeln_
327 The Cantatas are classified under Appendix II.
328 The references are to Peters’ edition. Excepting bk. 1959, which contains pieces of doubtful authenticity, every number printed by Peters is entered in the Chronological Catalogue.