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In August 1703, he accepted
the post of organist at that church, with light duties, a relatively generous salary, and a fine new
organ tuned to a modern system that allowed a wide range of keys to be used. At this time, Bach
was embarking on the serious composition of organ preludes; these works, in the North German
tradition of virtuosic, improvisatory preludes, already showed tight motivic control (in which a
single, short music idea is explored cogently throughout a movement). However, in these works the
composer had yet to fully develop his powers of large-scale organisation and his contrapuntal
technique (in which two or more melodies interact simultaneously).
Strong family connections and a musically enthusiastic employer failed to prevent tension between
the young organist and the authorities after several years in the post. He was apparently dissatisfied
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