toast proposed. The order of the toasts was the following:—
- To his Catholic Majesty, the Roman Emperor.
- To the Roman Empress.
- To Prince Eugéne.
- To the Duke of Marlborough.
- To the Magistrates.
- To a sound and early peace and a flourishing commerce.
- To the young bride.
- To the husband.
- To the happy pair.
(And the married pair must indeed have been happy, I should think, after this ninth bumper!)
This was, then, the period of the wars against Louis XIV., and peace was very near. Telemann wrote a cantata for the peace (3rd March, 1715). He also wrote one for the Emperor's victories at Semlin and Peterwardein, and one for the peace of Passarowitz (1718), to say nothing of princely birthdays.
In 1721 he left Frankfort for Hamburg, where he was appointed Kappellmeister and Cantor at the Johanneum. The nomadic musician was at length to form a lasting connection, a post which he retained until his death, nearly half a century later. Then, in 1723, he was on the point of migrating again, to act as successor to Kuhnau, who had at last died at Leipzig. He had been chosen unanimously, but Hamburg, rather than lose him, accepted all the conditions that Telemann imposed. A little later, in 1729, he had some idea of going to Russia, where it had been proposed he should found a German "chapel." "But the amenities of Hamburg and
