Bernard Chasan:

>... according to some remarks of Robert Levin at concert he played, Bach
>was considered not really qualified for the St. Thomas job because he did
>not have a university degree!!  He was hired only after the first two
>candidates, each with a degree,turned the job down,

If I don't remember bad, the duties involved in this job were not only
musical.  The "Cantor" had to teach also latin and other assignatures to
the choirboys.  So, the requirement of a university degree (probably the
equivalent of Master of Arts) seems not to be too incoherent.

Pablo Massa
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