Does anyone know anything about a Bach contemporary named Johann Mattheson?
I've never seen a recording of his music, but have played some of his
keyboard pieces.  They are good fun and sometimes harmonically rather
adventurous for the baroque period--suggesting that Bach was not alone in
this characterstic.  I wonder if this means that Bach was simply the most
far-ranging member of an adventurous North German "school" within the
Baroque.  If this is so, it certainly would be interesting to hear more
music by members of this tradition, like Mattheson.

Jon Gallant
Genetics Department
University of Washington