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The Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) is a comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas and his other vocal works
and many of his instrumental works. The BCW contains for most works: detailed discographies, discussions, texts and translations,
scores, commentaries, references, music examples... Performers of Bach’s works: their biographies,
Bach discographies, Poets & composers associated with Bach: their biographies, Bach connection, Other resources:
the Lutheran church year, chorale texts & melodies, books and movies on Bach, concerts, Bach festivals, guide to Bach tour... The BCW is an international collective project.
The boxes below describe the main sections of the BCW.
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Works for Discussion
The topics are discussed in the BML on a weekly basis.
Order of Discussion 2024:
Jun 26, 2024: Chorale Cantatas: Unity through diversity
Jul 6, 2024: Trinity 1 Chorale Cantata 20, Anna Magdalena
Jul 19, 2024: Trinity 2 Chorale Cantata 2
Aug 6, 2024: Trinity Time Lectionary
Sep 3, 2024: Leipzig Church-Year Cantata Cycles: Bach's Grand Design
Sep 8, 2024: Bach's Chorales: Bibliographical Articles
Sep 30, 2024: Chorale Cantata Cycle: Middle Trinity Time
Nov 5, 2024: Diverse Late Trinity Time Cantatas, 3-Year Lectionary
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Discographies of all Bach Cantatas and discussions of each work.
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Discographies of Bach's other vocal works and discussions of them.
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Discographies of Bach's works for solo keyboard, lute..., discussions, reviews.
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Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's works & Bach-inspired works.
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Bach discographies of performers of vocal works and discussions of them.
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Bach Discographies of performers of instrumental works and discussions of them.
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Discussions of general topics relating to Bach & his music.
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Articles about various aspects of Bach & his music.
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Reviews & discussions of books about Bach & his music.
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Filmography of Bach Movies and discussions of them: movies about Bach's life,
documentaries about Bach & his works, movies with Bach's music in the soundtrack...
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Explanation; Events and corresponding Bach's works;
LCY in the Lifetime of Bach; LCY 2000-2015; Epistles/Gospels Readings;
Motets & Chorales for the LCY.
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Texts & translations of all Bach Cantatas & his other vocal works (5,866).
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Scores (Sheet Music) of all Bach’s vocal works in both the first Bach edition (BGA) and Vocal & Piano edition
as well as in Capella format...
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Commentaries on Bach Cantatas & other vocal works, including links to commentaries in other websites.
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The important resources for the documentation of evidence on which musical scores of Bach’s works are based.
Provenance pages of the scores/sets of parts upon which reproductions of modern performance materials are based.
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used in Bach’s vocal works, including translations into English.
used in Bach’s vocal works. For each: the origin and history,
instances in Bach’s works...
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50 places are associated with Bach. Each place: description and history, Bach connection,
features of interest, photos, Maps...
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Bach Festivals & Series around the world. For each: location, dates, history & mission, posters...
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World-wide schedule of concerts of Bach's vocal works, arranged by year/country.
Major Bach events around the world: festivals, conferences...
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Biography, photos and Bach discography of performers who have recorded Bach's vocal works,
solo keyboard works and lute works (13,520).
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Biographies of poets & composers associated with Bach: hymn-writers, librettists, composers of chorale melodies,
arrangers of Bach works, musicians from Bach Family, composers whose works Bach performed... (1,813)
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Bach appears on numerous items, musical and non-musical alike:
Bach-inspired art works and items with Bach image/name.
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Website devoted to the portraits of J.S. Bach, and to the fair and accurate analysis of the various images that purport to be accurate depictions of the facial features of J.S Bach. (Teri Noel Towe)
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Critical Discographies of 3 major sacred works of J.S. Bach; Present day misconceptions about Bach Performance Practice in the 19th century; Rebuilding the Frauenkirche in Dresden; J.S. Bach's handwriting...
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Technical & Musical Terms & Abbreviations, used by various contributors across the the BCW.
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Subscribe to Bach Mailing List (BML) and participate in the discussions:
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Aryeh Oron: oron-a@inter.net.il
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Sep 9, 2024: Deborah Roberts (b1952), English soprano and choral conductor, founder and Artistic Director of Brighton Early Music Festival
Aug 26, 2024: Alexander Goehr (b1932), German-born English composer and pedagogue
Aug 24, 2024: Siegfried Lorenz (b1945), German baritone
Aug 11, 2024: Steve Davislim (b1967), Malaysian-born Australian tenor
Aug 10, 2024: Celestina Casapietra (b1938), Italian soprano
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Doubtful/spurious works; works of other composers performed by Bach, arranged by Bach, in Bach's library; 
Listen to music examples from Bach’s works: