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The lyrics, R-c---- A----b--- may seem puzzling. However, in the preface of his thematic catalogue, Verzeichniss über Zwei Hundert meiner Compositionen Gerson writes about this piece Haller's Bruder John Ries hatte als Ekelnahme: Richard Arschbock - auf diese machte ich einen Canonischen Satz für 3 Stimmen, und sang es in seinem Gegenwart bey Fürst zu Tische ab (The nickname of Haller's 1) brother John Ries was Richard Arschbock - I made a 3 part canon upon it and sang at his presence during a dinner at Fürst's 2))
1) Joseph Martin Haller (1770-1852), merchant in Hamburg, owner of a trading company, Fürst, Haller & Companie, Gerson's principal
2) Joseph Martin Haller's partner in Fürst, Haller & Companie
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