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General Introduction to the Cantatas |
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General Introduction Cantatas |
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Jan Koster |
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J.S. Bach FAQ - Bach's Cantatas |
Bach's Cantatas - what are they, where are they? |
Bernard S. Greenberg |
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Searching for the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach |
[Music Library, Kent State University] |
Mary Du Mont |
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Bach Cantatas: A Brief Orientation |
Briefly goes through the various periods of Bach cantata production |
Baroque Music Club |
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Welcome to Bach_Cantatas |
A discussion group for Bach's Sacred Music performed in a traditional format |
Boyd Pehrson |
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Cantatas |
General Introduction to the Bach Cantatas [Carus-Verlag] |
Ulrich Leisinger |
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Bach Cantatas: A Legacy Of Beauty |
Short Introduction [Knowledge Network – Knowledge Tools] |
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Cantatas - Cantata |
[Radio B.A.C.H.] |
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J.S. Bach - His Cantatas as a Musical Resource |
[The Treble Chorus of New England] |
Marie Stultz |
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KantorAssistant |
A search engine dedicated to Bach's cantatas. The user can explore the whole cantata catalogue with various search criteria: cantatas and excerpts for a particular ensemble; all cantata texts; the ranges of the choir and solo voices, etc. |
Sandrine Feurer |
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Introducere - Bine aţi venit la Lumea de înregistrate cantate de Bach |
Romanian translation of this web page: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Intro.htm (by Web Geek Science) |
Alexander Ovsov |
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Commentary on Individual Cantatas |
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A Listener's Guide to the Cantatas of J. S. Bach |
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Simon Crouch |
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Johann Sebastian Bach - The Complete Cantatas Project |
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Jan Koster |
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The Cantatas of J.S. Bach - A listener and student guide |
A series of carefully researched essays on the cantatas with comments upon every movement. |
Julian Mincham |
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J.S. Bach's Secular Cantatas |
Has an introduction which sets out the types of cantatas which come under the secular heading. Movement by movement descriptions of these works with relevant MIDI files are in the process of construction |
Luke Swartz |
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The Dayton Bach Society |
Program Notes 1998-99: Cantatas BWV 102 & BWV 104 |
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J.S. Bach & "Cantata 140: Wachet Auf" |
Cantata BWV 140 |
E. Scott Smith (oboe player) |
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Bach's "Kaffeekantate" BWV 211 (1734) |
A Brief Excursion Into the Time of its Creation... [in Raptus Association] |
Ingrid Schwaegermann |
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Some Observations on Dispositio and Elocutio in Bach’s "Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten" from BWV 78 |
Cantata BWV 78 |
Musica Poetica |
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Essays on Bach Cantatas |
Commentary on the Sacred Cantatas [Japanese] |
Nagamiya Tutomu |
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CantatasDe Bach.com de Julio Sánchez Riez |
Notes on Cantatas BWV 1-215 [Spanish] |
Philip Bender |
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Emmanuel Music – Cantata Notes |
Read concert notes [about 30 Cantatas] |
Craig Smith |
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Bach 101 |
Progamme notes & Commentary on various Cantatas & other Vocal Works |
Dr. Carol Traupman-Carr |
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Beoordeling van de Cantates van Bach |
Een voorstelling van een nieuwe evaluatiemethode om de cantates van J. S. Bach met elkaar te kunnen vergelijken. Waarop moet men letten om deze muziek met waardering te beluisteren? [Dutch] |
Johan de Wael |
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J.S. Bach |
Includes detailed studies of some cantatas [French] |
Christophe Chazot |
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Johann Sebastian Bachs kantater i P2 |
Spoken Introduction to (almost) each cantata together with short excerpt from a recording (probably from Koopman’s cantata cycle); Bach’ family tree [Swedish] |
Swedish Radio |
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Hideo Kobayashi Bach Site |
Commentary & Translations to Japanese of some cantatas [Japanese] |
Hideo Kobayashi |
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The Overlooked Richness of the Recitatives of Bach's Cantata 78 |
Article obout Cantata BWV 78 [Haverford College] |
Joyce Kelley |
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Bach and Secular Vocal Music |
Composer of the Month – Short commentary on Cantatas BWV 173a, BWV 211, BWV 209 |
Net Online |
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A year with Bach |
A trip through the year looking at a Bach cantata each week. Comments, discussions, musings, wibblings are all welcome. [Blog] |
Laurence Price |
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Texts of the Cantatas |
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Texts of the Complete Vocal Works, with English Translation and Commentary |
English translations |
Z. Philip Ambrose |
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The Bach Cantatas – Original Texts |
Original German texts. The cantatas are sorted in different ways such as by when they should be performed in the church year or alphabetically or by BWV number etc. Includes also translations to French & Dutch of many cantatas. |
Walter F. Bischof |
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Bach German Vocabulary List |
German – English |
Bernard S. Greenberg |
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Die Texte zu den Vokalwerken von Johann Sebastian Bach nach BWV Nummern geordnet |
Original German texts |
Lyle K. Neff (Indiana University) |
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Emmanuel Music - Bach Cantata Translations |
English translations (all Sacred Cantatas & some other vocal works) |
Pamela Dellal |
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J.S. Bach: Miscellaneous Vocal Work |
Singable English translations of 11 movements from Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works [Lied & Song Texts Page] |
Ebenezer Prout |
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J.S. Bach |
Translations into French of some cantatas [French] |
Christophe Chazot |
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Hideo Kobayashi Bach Site |
Translations into Japanese of some cantatas [Japanese] |
Hideo Kobayashi |
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Juan Sebastián Bach (1685 - 1750) |
Translations into Spanish of 31 cantatas and some of Bach’s other vocal woirks [Spanish] |
KAREOL |
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Les cantates de Bach en Français |
Translations into French of 43 cantatas [French] |
Bach en Combrailles |
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Bienvenu à bachoque.ch ! |
Translations of all the sacred cantatas (BWV 1-200) into French comprehensible for today [French] |
Marc Seiler |
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Cantata texts based on the NBA |
Original texts of The New Bach Edition, groupd according to NBA volumes |
Nagamiya Tutomu |
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Lists of the Cantatas |
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Classical Music Pages - J.S. Bach - Works – Cantatas |
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Matt Boynick |
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Bach Werke Verzeichnis - Complete BWV Catalog |
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BWV Catalog |
French |
Robert Poliquin |
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Bach Cantatas sorted by BWV Number |
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Walter F. Bischof |
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Cantatas According to the Church Year |
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Jan Koster |
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Complete Works by BWV Number |
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Jan Hanford |
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J.S. Bach Works List - Church Cantatas |
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Classical Net |
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J.S. Bach Works List - Secular Cantatas |
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Classical Net |
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Index to the Sacred Cantatas by BWV Number |
In Brilliant Classics - Complete Bach Edition |
Kruidvat Bach Edition |
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Bach Bibliography – Essential Collections |
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Yo Tomita |
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J.S. Bach’s Works Catalog |
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David J. Grossman |
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Bach Cantatas and Vivaldi Concerti - Compilation in Two Parts - Part 1: The Bach Cantatas |
List of the cantatas by BWV number, including references and instrumentation [University of Colorado] |
Trevor Cramer |
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MIDI & MP3 Files of Bach Cantatas |
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The Classical Music Archive - Bach's Sacred Music Page |
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Pierre R. Schwob |
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Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen |
Cantata BWV 32 |
László Zsidai |
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A Johann Sebastian Bach MIDI Page |
Cantata BWV 147 |
Hylke Tromp |
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Art Levine - J.S. Bach |
Cantatas BWV 1, BWV 24, BWV 74 |
Art Levine |
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Music of Bach - Collection of the Complete Bach Cantatas available for listening online |
Cantatas BWV 1-215 [The recordings are the Teldec collection which were recorded by Harnoncourt & Leonhardt] |
David Zale |
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J.S. Bach – The Sacred Cantata – Performed by Pieter Jan Leusink |
About Pieter Jan Leusink’s Bach Cantata Cycle, background information and mp3's |
Leo Ditvoorst |
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The Silvis Woodshed |
MIDI files of various Bach Cantatas & other vocal works |
Silvis Woodshed |
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MIDI files of Bach Cantatas |
MIDI files of about 15 cantatas, and also Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 & Johannes-Passion BWV 245 |
Yoshiko Fujimoto |
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Muse Data - Bach-Gesellschaft Editions of Bach's Cantatas |
Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities at Stanford University – MIDI files & Scores |
Walter B. Hewlett & Eleanor Selfridge-Field |
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J.S. Bach – MIDI Orgel |
33 MIDI files (and some mp3’s) from Bach Cantatas & other vocal works |
Ryo Masuda & Takako Masuda |
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Western Music Studies Database |
MP3 files of a few cantatas & the Mass in B minor BWV 232 |
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Classical Music Library |
Free, online listening of the complete cycle of Bach Cantatas by the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling (conductor) as recorded by Hänssler [Subscription needed] |
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Complete Sets of Bach Cantatas on Spotify |
Listen to complete recorded sets of the Bach Cantatas: Helmuth Rilling & Bach-Collegium Stuttgart ((1383 tracks, TT: 2 days); Masaaki Suzuki & Bach Collegium Japan (986 tracks, TT: 1 day); Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists (1029 tracks, TT: 2 days) |
Ulysses Shi - Spotify Classical Playlists |
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More Complete Sets of Bach Cantatas + An Open Playlist |
Listen to complete recorded sets of the Bach Cantatas: Harnoncourt & Leonhardt (1239 tracks); Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir & Netherlands Bach Collegium. (1219 tracks); Ton Koopman & Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (956 tracks) |
Ulysses Shi - Spotify Classical Playlists |
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Scores of the Cantatas |
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Bach Digital |
Bach Digital is a digital library consisting of Johann Sebastian Bach's autograph manuscripts and original parts. Using advanced search options of works or sources, one can find high-resolution scans of the autograph manuscripts, as well as performance parts used by Bach and his copies of works by other composers. |
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The Figured Organ Player's Part to the Cantata, BWV 7 |
Cantata BWV 7 |
Teri Noel Towe |
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Scan Extract from Cantata 29 |
Cantata BWV 29 |
London Bach Society |
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J.S. Bach's Church Cantatas |
Cantatas BWV 1-199 [Full Vocal Parts with Piano Accompaniment] |
Yu Chao |
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J.S. Bach - The Sacred Cantata |
Links to acrobat (.pdf) files of scores of the Bach cantate's from the Bach Gesamtausgabe, published by the Bach Gesellschaft in Leipzig, 1851-1899 |
Leo Ditvoorst |
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Alte Bach-Gesamtausgabe Johann Sebastian Bach's Werke |
For the first time in the history of the Bach-Society/ Leipzig the "Ancient Edition of the Works by Bach” appeared in a professional, digitalized form on three CD-ROM’s with its complete texts, musical notes, contents and facsimiles of about 16,800 pages |
Fred Steltner |
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The defects of BGA CD-ROM |
List of the mistakes in BGA scores from Fred Steltner and links to corrected PDFs. |
Tutomu Nagamiya |
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BGA Scores |
BGA scores compiled from The Digital Bach Edition by courtesy of CD Sheet Music™ . (To open the files ID & Password are required) [In progress] |
Tutomu Nagamiya |
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CPDL - Choral Public Domain Library - J.S. Bach |
CPDL - A Free Sheet Music Archive. The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is the largest website devoted exclusively to free choral sheet music. Begun in December 1998, the site has over 350 contributors and 9,300 scores. |
Rafael Ornes |
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Johann Sebastian Bach - Die Capella-Sammlung |
Cantatas BWV 1-224 in Capella format [Tobi's NotenArchiv] |
Tobias Schölkopf |
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CCARH Publications: Scores & Parts |
Score/Parts for Cantatas BWV 11,  BWV 43, BWV 48, BWV 213, Chorales, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Brandenburg Concertos, in PDF format. |
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Organ transcriptions of cantata movements by J. S. Bach |
Including organ transcriptions of many mvts. from Bach Cantatas, in PDF format. |
Peter Baekgaard |
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Bach., Johann Sebastian (IMSLP) |
BGA Scores |
IMSLP |
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Bach Gesellschaft Download Page |
The BGA volumes available for download in DJVU format. |
EINAM |
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California Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe Leipzig |
The BGA volumes downloadable in PDF format. |
Vincent Ho |
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И.-С. БАХ: ПОЛНОЕ СОБРАНИЕ СОЧИНЕНИЙ |
The (almost) complete Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe in PDF (complete books) [Russian] |
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Books on the Cantatas |
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Bach Bibliography |
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Yo Tomita |
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J.S Bach Bibliography |
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Jan Koster |
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Bach Books |
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Simon Crouch |
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Other Sites on the Cantatas |
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The Cantatas of J. S. Bach - as applied to the Lectionary in the Book of Common Prayer and the Revised Common Lectionary |
Lists the cantatas in the order of when they fall during the church year.Has an introduction outlining the historical context of these works as wll as a description of the instruments in use at that time |
Jonathan Dimmrock |
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SWR - Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach Zum Bach-Jahr 2000 in der Reihe "Kantate" |
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Stichting Utrechtse BACH Cantatediensten |
[Dutch/English] |
Robert Tausk |
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The Oboe and the Oboe d'amore in Bach's Church Cantatas |
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J. William Denton |
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Bach's fiauto and fiauto d'echo |
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David Lasocki |
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Home Page Jan Koster - selection of 19 favourite arias from the cantatas |
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Jan Koster |
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Beoordeling van de Cantates van Bach |
[Dutch] |
Johan de Wael |
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J.S. Bach – cantatas with trumpets |
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Walter Roth |
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J.S. Bach Cantatas – Parody & Arrangement |
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Henny van der Groep |
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Arias from Bach Cantatas with English Horn Obligato |
Article [PDF] [University of Colorado] |
Frederick Meyer |
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The Schenker-Oppel Analyses Of Bach Cantatas |
Article [University of North Texas] |
Timothy Jackson |
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Johan Sebastian Bach: Cantatas |
Articles & Websites related to Arts, Music, Composition, Composers, B, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Cantatas [Serebella Real Information] |
Serebella.com Team |
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Cantatafinder |
The Cantatafinder is a free on-line search engine offering the complete set of Bach's sacred cantatas. Apart from core details such as title, instrumentation, occasion etc., it provides full-text search and some special features (incl. re-use of hymns). More specifically, the Cantatafinder serves as an index to the BCP releases of the SDG label as it tells you the volume and the exact track numbers of the cantata within the series. Here is an example (two results). |
Alexander Behrens |
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Kantate Kalender |
Bach Cantatas according to the Lutheran Chgurch Year [Blukfluit 7 Muziek] [Dutch] |
Herman Kaldeway |
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Sundays in the lifetime of J.S. Bach |
Lists of the Sundays in Bach's lifetime with their liturgical (lutheran/protestant) names. |
Georg Fischer |
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La pàgina en català de J.S. Bach |
Biografia, obres, fòrums i molt més. Traduccions al català de les cantates religioses. Les cantates, cada diumenge a Ràdio Estel. [Catalan] |
Josep-Miquel Serra |
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Recopilación de J.S. Bach |
Summary of cantatas of Bach, with scores and audio, in CD [Spanish] |
Antonio Armendáriz Navarro |
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More Bach at Christmas |
Recordings of Christmas Cantatas other than the Christmas Oratorio |
Sandy Vaughan |
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Bach Cantatas for Online Listening |
Bach Cantatas for Online Listening combines text, translation, commentaries and music already available to allow free, informed, online listening of the Bach Cantatas. |
Dónal Ward |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (May 2000 - February 2013) |
