Transcriber's Note
Illustrations have been moved next to the text to which they refer, and may not match the page numbers in the List of Illustrations. Sidenotes not in italics were originally printed as page headers. Ditto marks in the descriptions of the organs have been expanded.
The following apparent errors have been corrected:
- Advertisement page "Second Edition" changed to "Second Edition."
- p. vi "2 vols" changed to "2 vols."
- p. 4 "Gottlich" changed to "Gottlieb"
- p. 12 "Sax-Eisenach," changed to "Sax-Eisenach."
- p. 15 "Teleman" changed to "Telemann"
- p. 19 "all’an" changed to "all’ an"
- p. 24 (note) "music, Berlin" changed to "music, Berlin."
- p. 27 "meïne" changed to "meine"
- p. 63 "troulde" changed to "trouble"
- p. 73 "leave Leipzic" changed to "leave Leipsic"
- p. 85 "Von Himmel" changed to "Vom Himmel"
- p. 87 (note 51) "Sansouci" changed to "Sanssouci"
- p. 95 "viola violoncello," changed to "viola, violoncello,"
- p. 108 "Reigen" changed to "Regen"
- p. 108 "Bekummerniss" changed to "Bekümmerniss"
- p. 113 "di J. S. Bach" changed to "di J. S. Bach."
- p. 114 "an einem Gott" changed to "an einen Gott"
- p. 121 "unecht. zur" changed to "unecht? Zur"
- p. 122 "seventeenth" changed to "eighteenth"
- p. 124 "I have" changed to ""I have"
- p. 127 "Quoniam solus Sanctus" changed to "Quoniam to solus Sanctus"
- p. 135 "Wenn wir im höchsten Nöthen sind" changed to "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sein"
- p. 140 "Sätzes" changed to "Satzes"
- p. 142 (note 74) "Forkel" changed to "Forkel"
- p. 145 "Der Geist hift unsere Schwachheit auf" changed to "Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf"
- p. 145 "Tonet" changed to "Tönet"
- p. 149 "1. The Vorschlag" changed to "The Vorschlag"
- p. 170 "Staatsburger" changed to "Staatsbürger"
- p. 171 "Lüneberg" changed to "Lüneburg"
- p. 176 "Johnn Sebastian Bach" changed to "Johann Sebastian Bach"
- p. 179 "erzahlen" changed to "erzählen"
- p. 183 "Hochzeitgehe" changed to "Hochzeit gehe"
- p. 184 "meinem Thaten" changed to "meinen Thaten"
- p. 185 "ursprung" changed to "Ursprung"
- p. 186 "Geist" changed to "Geist-"
- p. 186 "gewünschste" changed to "gewünschte"
- p. 187 "Süsse Trost, mein Jesu kommt" changed to "Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt"
- p. 188 "erhöbt" changed to "erhöht"
- p. 188 "spirit," changed to "spirit,”"
- p. 188 "auf seinem Gott" changed to "auf seinen Gott"
- p. 189 "plandert" changed to "plaudert"
- p. 189 "Dieskan" changed to "Dieskau"
- p. 189 "sache" changed to "sa che"
- p. 190 "wiederan" changed to "Wiederau"
- p. 192 "Orgelbuchlein" changed to "Orgel-büchlein"
- p. 196 "“Hortus Musicus.’" changed to "“Hortus Musicus.”"
- p. 199 "Courante, A major" changed to "Courante, A major."
- p. 202 "alterer" changed to "älterer"
- p. 203 "Schuler der Partikularschule in Lüneberg" changed to "Schüler der Partikularschule in Lüneburg"
- p. 204 "Vorträge." changed to "Vorträge.”"
- p. 204 "Berüchsichtigung" changed to "Berücksichtigung"
- p. 212 "Freiburg" changed to "Freiberg"
- p. 213 "Teleman" changed to "Telemann"
- pp. 203, 213 and 216 "Kühnau" changed to "Kuhnau"
- p. 217 "the English" changed to "the English,"
- p. 218 "Historisches Aufsätze" changed to "Historische Aufsätze"
- p. 220 "organist ship" changed to "organistship"
- p. 220 "Kauffman" changed to "Kauffmann"
- p. 220 "Johann, T." changed to "Johann T."
- p. 222 "gesundes," changed to "gesundes,”"
- p. 222 "Bekummerniss" changed to "Bekümmerniss"
- p. 222 "an noch" changed to "annoch"
- p. 222 "Got" changed to "Gott"
- p. 222 "Cappricio" changed to "Capriccio"
The following possible errors have not been changed:
- p. 14 Würtemburg
- p. 14 Höhenlohe
- p. 145 No. 2.
In addition, many of the cantatas' incipits are truncated and/or omit punctuation; these have been left as printed.
The following are used inconsistently:
- bâton and baton
- choralvorspiele and choral-vorspiele
- concertmeister and concert-meister
- deathbed and death-bed
- Gedact and Gedackt
- hammerlike and hammer-like
- keyboard and key-board
- lifetime and life-time
- Nachthorn and Nacht-horn
- Nicolai-Church and Nicolai-church
- Rück-positiv and Rückpositiv
- Schallmey and Schalmei
- Thomasschule and Thomas-schule