In an effort to provide good solid musical examples for my theory class this week, I found myself rummaging through a musty, coleoptera infested chest when I discovered a manuscript with the following fragment of music:

Based on my preliminary research, I learned that it might have been composed in Germany during the 18th Century by one of two obscure composers: Johann Wolfgang Länänn (1726-1788) or Jakob Paul Magürtnei (1742-1812). According to my reading, it seems that both of these composers were born in the city of Leber-Lache and surprisingly both lived and worked in the town of Apfel and were likely employed by a Georg Heinrich Marten at the famed Röder Abbey.

What I can’t puzzle out is the meaning of the inscription “Tschüss Judit!” in the margin…