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My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a healthy wind blows, they fall accordingly . . .
Source: Letter to Georg Erdmann, 1732, on his post as Cantor of Leipzig; in The Bach Reader: A Life of J. S. Bach in Letters and Documents, by Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel, 1945.
-- Johann Sebastian Bach, (Mar 21 1685-1750), German composer, organist; He was a master of church music and Composer of the Baroque era; works include Brandenburg Concertos, 1721 and Well-Tempered Clavier, 1722-44.