conduct of which had been restored to him on his appointment as Cantor. The “new service” remained under Görner’s direction. As to St. Peter’s, its services, which had entirely ceased, were revived in 1711. The music, however, was simple, and consisted only of hymns. Thus Bach, as Cantor, was responsible for the music in the two principal churches, St. Thomas’ and St. Nicolas’. The School also provided the choir for St. Peter’s and the New Church. The junior and least competent singers sang at St. Peter’s. The rest were pretty equally distributed between the other three churches. At the New Church the music was performed under the direction of a Chorpräfect. At St. Thomas’ and St. Nicolas’ Bach personally directed the concerted music. On ordinary Sundays a Cantata or Motet was performed in each church alternately. At the great Festivals, New Year, Epiphany, Ascension Day, Trinity Sunday, and the Annunciation, Cantatas were sung at both churches, the two choirs singing at Vespers in the second church the Cantata performed by them in the morning at the other church. On these occasions the second choir was conducted by a Chorpräfect. The principal Sunday service in both churches began at seven in the morning, ended at eleven, and observed the following order: 1. Organ Prelude. 2. Motet, related to the Gospel for the Day; (omitted in Lent and replaced by the Benedictus). 3. Introit. 4. Kyrie, sung alternately, in German and Latin. 5. The Lord’s Prayer, intoned at the altar. 6. Gloria, intoned at the altar and answered either by the Choir’s Et in terra pax hominibus, or by the congregation with the Hymn, Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr, the German version of the Gloria. 7. Collect, intoned in Latin; preceded by the preces Dominus vobiscum and Et cum spiritu tuo. 8. Epistle. 9. Litany, in Advent and Lent only; intoned by four boys, the Choir responding. 10. Hymn, appropriate to the Gospel. 11. Gospel. 12. Credo, intoned; (in Lent, last three Sundays of Advent, and Festivals of Apostles, the Nicene Creed, sung in Latin). 13. Prelude, followed by a Cantata, lasting about twenty minutes; on alternate Sundays in each church. 14. The Creed in German, Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott, sung by the congregation. 15. Sermon, lasting one hour (8-9 A.M.). 16. Hymn, Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, followed by the reading of the Gospel, on which the Sermon had been based. 17. General Confession, prayers, and Lord’s Prayer. 18. Blessing. 19. Hymn. 20. Communion Service; Hymns and Organ extemporisation. 21. Benediction.