8) The rhetorical element
The Dispositio
Brief comment on rhetorical figures
Rhetorical figures in the work of Dieterich Buxtehude
9) Free compositions
Praeambulum and Praeludium
Toccata
Fantasia
Fugue and Canzona
Ostinato
Secular repertoire
10) Tempo
Alla breve and alla semibreve
Tempo markings in Michael Praetorius
Tempo markings in Johann Mattheson
Tempo changes per verba in the repertoire
11) Proportions
Brief comment on mensural notation
Proportio tripla and proportio sesquialtera in the 17th century
The decline of the proportional system
Proportions in the North German repertoire
12) Rythmic freedom and Stylus Phantasticus
Stylus recitativus and metric freedom
Playing con discretione
The stylus phantasticus according to Athanasius Kircher
The stylus phantasticus according to Johann Mattheson
13) General features of the Hanseatic organ
Organ in F and organ in C
Manual and pedal characteristics
The Werkprinzip
Praetorian tuning and well-tempered systems
Subsemitonien
Meantone and repertoire
14) From Niehoff to Schnitger
Stoplist composition from the mid-16th to early 18th century
Two noteworthy but little-known instruments
The principal organ builder
