played by C. H. Trevor (organ)
Among Bach's contemporaries the French organist, Louis Marchand chiefly known for a competition to which Bach challenged him at Dresden -was organist at Versailles. Clerambault was one of the earliest organists at S. Sulpice in Paris. Walther, a relative of Bach and organist at Weimar, is noted for his chorales. Very few works are extant of the Czech organist Cernohorsky, most of them having been destroyed by fire during his lifetime; he was one of Gluck teachers. Buxtehude was among the greatest organists of his time; his works had an important influence, and his reputation was such that Bach himself made a journey of 200 miles on foot to hear him play at Lubeck.