212 Johann Dismas Zelenka, b. 1679 or 1681, d. 1745; Court Composer at Dresden. 213 Franz Benda, b. 1709, d. 1786; Concertmeister to Frederick the Great upon the death of J. G. Graun. 214 On Telemann’s influence on Bach see Spitta, ii. 437. 215 Handel’s second visit to Halle took place in June 1729. His mother’s illness detained him. See Streatfield, p. 110. 216 Handel’s third visit took place in July-August 1760. He was laid up by a severe accident in the course of it, and appears to have not recovered from it at the time of Bach’s death. 217 Faustina Bordoni, b. 1693, d. 1783; m. Hasse in 1730. She was one of the most famous singers of the day. 218 The original has “Liederchen.” 219 See supra, p. 37. Compare Handel’s case. He received a royal pension of £600 per annum, and though he was twice a bankrupt, left £20,000. 220 The Duke was the nephew of, and succeeded, Duke Wilhelm Ernst in 1728. 221 The Canonic Variations on the melody are published by Novello bk. 19, p. 73. For the Mizler Society, see supra, p. xxiv. 222 Spitta (iii. 294) regards the statement as incorrect and holds that the work was engraved before Bach joined Mizler’s Society in June 1747. Pirro (p. 215) supports Spitta and regards the Variations as having been engraved at Nürnberg “vers 1746.” 223 The first of Bach’s works to be engraved was the Mühlhausen Cantata, _Gott ist mein König,_ (parts only). It was published in 1708, when Bach was twenty-three years old. Forkel refers to Partita I. in the first Part of the _Clavierübung_ (P. bk. 205 p. 4). It was engraved in 1726, when Bach was forty-one years old. In 1731 he republished it, with five others that had appeared in the interval, in the first Part of the _Clavierübung_ (P. bks. 205, 206). 224 Forkel’s rather casual critical axioms seem to be as follows: “Publication postulates excellence”; “An amended MS. implies that the original text was not a finished work of art.” 225 It was the first work engraved by Bach himself, though the parts of the Cantata _Gott ist mein König_ had been published by the Town Council at Mühlhausen in 1708. 226 The work was published at Leipzig “in Commission bey Boetii Seel, hinderlassenen Tochter, unter den Rath-hause.” The Suites, or Partitas (P. bks. 205, 206), are in B flat major, C minor, A minor, D major, G major, E minor. 227 In 1801 Hoffmeister and Kühnel unsuccessfully attempted to publish Bach’s works by subscription. 228 The Partita in B minor (P. bk. 208 p. 20). 229 The work was published in 1735. The Italian Concerto in F major is published by Novello and P. bk. 207.