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Texts & Translations of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Sources for the Original German Text & the Respective Translations |
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Website |
Webmaster/ Translator |
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Original German Text |
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Ger-1 |
The Bach Cantatas - Original Texts |
Walter F. Bischof |
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Ger-2 |
Johann Sebastian Bach - The Complete Cantatas Project |
Jan Koster |
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Ger-3 |
Libretti of the Cantatas and Other Vocal Works [not linked from cantata pages] |
Lyle K. Neff, Indiana University |
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Ger-4 |
Johann Sebastian Bach – i testi [not linked from cantata pages] |
Gianni Soro |
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Ger-5 |
German Texts of Non-Bach & Lost Cantatas [Bach Cantatas Website] |
Aryeh Oron |
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Ger-6 |
Cantata texts based on the NBA [not linked from cantata pages] |
Nagamiya Tutomu |
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German Translations |
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Ger 7 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Francis Browne |
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English Translations |
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Eng-1 |
Texts of the Complete Vocal Works, with English Translation and Commentary |
Z. Philip Ambrose |
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Eng-2 |
Johann Sebastian Bach - The Complete Cantatas Project |
Jan Koster |
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Eng-3 |
Bach Cantatas Website [Interlinear/Parallel Format] |
Francis Browne |
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Eng-4 |
Alexandre Henrique Hohmann - Bach Pages |
Alexandre Henrique Hohmann |
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Eng-5 |
San Francisco Bach Choir Home Page [including original texts]. |
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Eng-6 |
Emmanuel Music - Bach Cantata Translations [including original texts] |
Pamela Dellal |
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Eng-7 |
The Lied and Song Texts Page [singable translations, only one aria from each work] |
Ebenezer Prout |
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Eng-8 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Paul H. Farseth |
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Eng-9 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Various |
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Eng-10 |
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity |
Tobin Schmuck |
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Eng-11 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Alexandra Glynn |
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Arabic Translations |
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Ara-1 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Tamer Massalha |
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Catalan Translations |
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Cat-1 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Antoni Sàbat i Aguilera |
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Cat-2 |
Traduccions al Català de les Cantates Religioses de J.S. Bach [not linked from cantata pages] |
Josep Serra & Rosa Fàbregas |
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Chinese Translations |
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Chi-1 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Yang Jingfeng |
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Chi-2 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Chen-Hanson Ting |
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Chi-3 |
翻译论坛 |
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Dutch Translations |
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Dut-1 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Dick Wursten, Peter Bloemendaal |
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Dut-2 |
Bach cantaten gesortseerd op BWV-nummer [Walter F. Bischof Website] |
Léon P. B. Habets |
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Dut-3 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Eduard van Hengel, Alice Bij de Vaate |
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Dut-4 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Henk Pijlman |
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Dut-5 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Janny Kisteman |
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Dut-6 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Jaap H. van der Laan |
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French Translations |
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Fre-1 |
Cantates arrangées par numéro BWV [Walter F. Bischof Website] |
Walter F. Bischof |
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Fre-2 |
J.S. Bach |
Christophe Chazot |
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Fre-3 |
Les cantates de Bach en Français [Bach en Combrailles] |
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Fre-4 |
Bach Cantatas Website [Note to Note Format] |
Jean-Pierre Grivois |
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Transcription en français des textes mis en musique par Jean-Sébastien Bach [with the possibility of hearing the music] |
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Fre-5 |
Bienvenu à bachoque.ch ! [not linked from cantata pages] |
Marc Seiler |
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Fre-6 |
Bach Cantatas Website [Interlinear Format] |
Guy Laffaille / Walter F. Bischof |
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Hebrew Translations |
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Heb-1 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Aryeh Oron, Irit Schoenhorn |
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Heb-2 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Galia Regev |
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Heb-3 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Others |
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Heb-6 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Sharon Rosner |
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Hungarian Translations |
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Hun-1 |
Kantáta szövegek, ismertetők, kották (Lutherania) |
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Hun-2 |
Purcell Choir - Orfeo Orchestra [Word Documents] |
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Indonesian Translations |
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Ind |
Bach Cantatas Website [Word-for-Word Format] |
Rianto Pardede |
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Italian Translations |
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Ita-1 |
Johann Sebastian Bach - The Complete Cantatas Project |
Jan Koster |
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Ita-2 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Emanuele Antonacci |
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Ita-3 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Riccardo Pisano |
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Ita-4 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Riccardo Nughes / Vittorio Marnati |
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Ita-5 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Alberto Lazzari |
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Ita-6 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Stafano Lecce |
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Ita-7 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Antonio Viglino |
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Japanese Translations |
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Jap-2 |
Hideo Kobayashi Bach Site [including original texts] |
Hideo Kobayashi |
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Jap-3 |
Translations by Junshiro Kawabata [not linked from cantata pages]
Translations by Junshiro Kawabata [PDF, not linked from cantata pages] |
Junshiro Kawabata |
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Jap-4 |
Translations by Tafelmusik Kamakura [not linked from cantata pages] |
Tafelmusik Kamakura |
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Jap-5 |
Translations by Bachkreis Kobe [Interlinear format; not linked from cantata pages] |
Bachkreis Kobe |
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Jap-6 |
Bach Cantatas Website + Bach-Chor Tokyo |
Emiko Ohmura |
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Portuguese Translations |
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Por-1 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Rodrigo Maffei Libonati |
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Por-2 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Leonardo Santos |
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Po3-2 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Laura Rónai |
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Russian Translations |
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Rus-1 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Peter Meshcherinov |
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Spanish Translations |
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Spa-1 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
José Mª Pajares Box |
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Spa-2 |
Juan Sebastián Bach (1685 - 1750) [KAREOL] [including original texts] |
Tente González, Eduardo Almagro, Francisco Such Ronda, Jesús Iragui-Yoldi, Juan Castón, Enrique Alcacer, Francisco López Hernández, Jesús Cuevas, Jaime Goyena |
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Spa-3 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Francisco López Hernández |
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Spa-4 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Lorenzo Conejo |
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Spa-5 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Carlos Casabona |
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Spa-6 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Alberto Hernández Cabrera |
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Spa-7 |
Bach Cantatas Website |
Saúl Botero-Restrepo |
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Sources for Biographies of Librettists & Hymn-Writers of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Website |
Webmaster |
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BBKL |
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon [German] |
Verlag Traugott Bautz |
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CCEL |
Christian Classics Ethereal Library |
Calvin College |
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Cyber Hymnal |
The Cyber Hymnal - Dedicated to the Glory of God |
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ELHHB |
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Handbook - Biographies and Sources |
Bethany Lutheran College |
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GC |
Gospelcom.net - A Ministry of Gospel Communication |
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HL |
Das Ökumenische Heiligenlexikon [German] |
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JEK |
James Kiefer's Christian Biographies |
James Kiefer |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (March 2001 - April 2013) |
