some of the settings to be "not quite worthy" of their place in Clavier-Übung III, particularly the "much-maligned" BWV 675, which Hermann Keller considered could have been written during Bach's period in Weimar. More recent commentators have confirmed that all three pieces conform to the general principles Bach adopted for the collection, in particular their unconventionality and the "strangeness" of the counterpoint. and have pointed out the possible influence of Bach's contemporaries on his musical language. Bach was familiar with the eight versions of Allein Gott by his cousin Johann Gottfried Walther as well as the Harmonische Seelenlust of Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, posthumously printed by Bach's Leipzig printer Krügner. In BWV 675 and 677 there are similarities with some of Kauffmann's galant innovations: triplets against duplets in the former; and explicit articulation by detached quavers in the latter. The overall style of BWV 675 has been compared to Kauffmann's setting of Nun ruhen alle Wälder; that of BWV 676 to the fifth of Walther's own settings of Allein Gott; and BWV 677 has many details in common with Kauffmann's fughetta on Wir glauben all an einen Gott. Below is the text of the four verses of Luther's version of the Gloria with the English translation of Charles Sanford Terry: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' und Dank für seine Gnade, darum daß nun und nimmermehr uns rühren kann kein Schade. ein Wohlgefall'n Gott an uns hat, nun ist groß' Fried' ohn' Unterlaß, all' Fehd' hat nun ein Ende. Wir loben, preis'n, anbeten dich für deine Ehr'; wir danken, daß du, Gott Vater ewiglich regierst ohn' alles Wanken. ganz ungemeß'n ist deine Macht, fort g'schieht, was dein Will' hat bedacht; wohl uns des feinen Herren! O Jesu Christ, Sohn eingebor'n deines himmlischen Vaters, versöhner der'r, die war'n verlor'n, du Stiller unsers Haders, Lamm Gottes, heil'ger Herr und Gott, nimm an die Bitt' von unsrer Not, erbarm' dich unser aller! O Heil'ger Geist, du höchstes Gut, du allerheilsamst' Tröster, vor's Teufels G'walt fortan behüt', die Jesus Christ erlöset durch große Mart'r und bittern Tod, abwend all unsern Jamm'r und Not! darauf wir uns verlaßen. To God on high all glory be, And thanks, that He's so gracious, That hence to all eternity No evil shall oppress us: His word declares good-will to men, On earth is peace restored again Through Jesus Christ our Saviour. We humbly Thee adore, and praise, And