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 [log in to unmask]