The Café Zimmermann, or Zimmermannsches Kaffeehaus, was the coffeehouse of Gottfried Zimmermann in Leipzig which formed the backdrop to the first performances of many of Bach's secular cantatas, e.g.
Café Zimmermann, detail of an engraving by Johann George Schreiber [de], c. 1720
The Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in German and German-Swiss cities and towns during the Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century. In the present
Collegium musicum of Thun, 1737, Switzerland
Collegium Musicum, Lauingen, 1590 A.D. From the left: viol, flute, mandora or gittern, fiddle or rebec, shawm, harp, slide trumpet or clarion trumpet, cornett, clavichord.