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The competition for the post of Kantor at Thomaskirche is fierce, and each man is willing to do whatever it takes to win. Johann Steindorff is the youngest of the men competing, and has the most problematic reputation--while he comes from a wealthy and influential family, he has a reputation as a philandering playboy. Georg Schott attempts to use this reputation against Steindorff, to blackmail him into leaving Leipzig before his audition.
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STEINDORFF: What is the meaning of this? A note, slipped under my door, summoning me to a clandestine--
SCHOTT: Yes, Herr Steindorff, I was hoping to have a word.
STEINDORFF: (Thoughtfully.) “Cantankerous.”
SCHOTT: I was hoping to have a word with you.
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End:
SCHOTT: So be it. I will release the bird tonight.
STEINDORFF: I was wrong.
SCHOTT: What about?
STEINDORFF: Cantankerous is not strong enough. Not at all.
Itamar Moses, Bach at Leipzig, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. pp.37-42.
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