Weimar Redux Four

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Wow! I've been listening to the Bach B Minor Mass on my CD player and discovered an amazing thing about its creation. Bach was pissed at the respect he felt he wasn't getting in Leipzig and sent a Kyrie and a Gloria to the Elector of Saxony in Dresden. (He had just succeeded to his throne at the St. Nicolai Kirche in Leipzig where Bach also served.)

They speculate that he was angling to become the court composer in Dresden, which would make the Leipzigers realize how shabbily they had been treating him. No Go in Dresden. Nobody knows how the Protestant Mass (K & G) became a full blown Catholic Mass. Indeed, it wasn't even published until 1856. So much for one of the world's greatest masterpieces. A FLUKE!!!

See you soon (when I get Bach.)