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[[File:Signature-M. W. C. B. M..png|thumb|The composer's initials]]
Two pieces in [[D-B Ms. Lynar B 3]] are headed by the unsolved initials '''M. W. C. B. M.'''

== Attribution ==
It appears that either [[Max Seiffert]] (who inspected the [[Lynar Tablatures|Lynar B]] tablatures) or [[Hans Joachim Moser]] (who published the ''editio princeps'' of these works) was the first musicologist to suggest the connection to [[Wilhelm Karges]]. They speculated that the initials stood for ''Magister Wilhelm Carges Berolinensis Marchicus''. Karges would have been only 15 years old according to the year 1628 found in the manuscript. Moser stated that Karges was one of the scribes of this manuscript, which would explain the appearance of one of his pieces.

As pointed out by [[Klaus Beckmann]], the assertion that Karges was a scribe of '''Ms. Lynar B 3''' is shown to be false when comparing it to [[D-B Am.B 340]], which was written by an unknown scribe<ref>''20 Freie Orgelwerke der Norddeutschen Schule.'' [[Meister der Norddeutschen Orgelschule]] 29. Mainz: Schott, 2013. p.81.</ref>.

Around 1958, an opposing view to that of Moser was developed by [[Margarete Riemann]], who stated that the works by M. W. C. B. M. appeared to be composed by a greater master than Karges at that age, and that the pieces marked ''W. K.'' in [[D-B Am.B 340]] are much more like a "small master"<ref>''Kleinmeister''</ref> from the middle of the century, based on Scheidt-like counterpoint and Froberger relaxation, without substance or supporting coloratura.

=== References ===
{{NdS2 2009}} 507-508.

== Works<ref>Ms. Lynar B 3, scanned by Staatsbibliothek, Berlin. [http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB000066CC00000000] Accessed 17 July, 2023</ref><ref name="b">{{RO2001|Karges, Wilhelm}}</ref> ==
[[File:Mwcbm o mensch end.jpg|thumb|The end of ''O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß'']]

{| class="wikitable"
|+Works by M. W. C. B. M.
!Manuscript
!Title
!Incipit
!Notes
|-
|D-B Mus. Ms. Lynar B 3 No. 6
|Vater unser /<br>in Himmell /<br>reich. /<br>MW.C.B.M.
|<score><< \relative a' { \clef alto a1 a4 g f e8 f g4 } \\ \relative a { a1 a2 d, e4 } \\ \relative e' { e1 e2 d4 c | b2*1/2 } \\ \relative cis' { cis1 cis2 a }  >></score>
|3 verses. Third verse ends with "verte"
|-
|D-B Mus. Ms. Lynar B 3 No. 24
|O Mensch Be /<br>weine deine /<br>sünde gros auf. /<br>2 Clavier der Co /<br>rahll gecollorirett /<br>M. W. C. B. M.
|<score><<\relative f { \clef bass f4 f8 g a f a bes c4 r16 } \\ \relative f, { r2 f4 f8 g a f a8*1/2 } \\ \relative c { s1 c4 c8*1/2 } >></score>
|
|}

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