On 17.01.2007 John Howell wrote:
(One of my disagreements with the Rifkin hypothesis, whether or not it "works" for modern ears, is that in his 1731 memo Bach specifically mentioned both concertists and ripienists among the boys, and we do find such vocal parts in his hand or that of one of his regular copyists.
In what way does that disagree with Joshua's hypothesis? He uses ripienists (one to a part) for the pieces where one can assume that there were ripienists. The John Passion is a good example.
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