The Complete Church and Secular Cantatas
The Complete Church and Secular Cantatas

Author: Johann Sebastian Bach

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780810839335

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This volume contains parallel texts and translations of all Bach's church and secular cantatas that have come down to us complete. The volume also includes a short glossary of geographical and mythological names, a list of dedicatees of the secular cantatas, a list of the poets with their dates, and an introduction to the cantatas by Martin Neary, formerly organist of Winchester Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.

J.S. Bach
J.S. Bach

Author: Richard Stokes

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2000-11-01

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1461659949

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This volume contains parallel texts and translations of all Bach's church and secular cantatas that have come down to us complete. They have been translated into an accurate and readable English style that does not attempt to render the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the original German texts but allows the reader to appreciate the beauty and atmosphere of the poetry set by Bach. The volume also includes a short glossary of geographical and mythological names, a list of dedicatees of the secular cantatas, a list of the poets with their dates, and an introduction to the cantatas by Martin Neary, former organist of Winchester Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. This corrected and revised printing incorporates a number of corrections to the text and a new alphabetical index of the cantatas by title.

The Cantatas of J.S. Bach
The Cantatas of J.S. Bach

Author: W. Murray Young

Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : MacFarland

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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A thorough and invaluable reference for students of music, church groups, listeners and performers, this work translates the libretti, or text, of each of 253 sacred and secular cantatas by Bach into current, readable English and provides interpretative commentary on each movement. The cantatas are listed chronologically according to the town or city where Bach composed them. The sacred cantatas are discussed first, followed by secular ones. The Easter, Ascension, and Christmas oratorios are covered iin great detail. The text includes biographical information whenever relevant. An appendix lists the three cantata types (free--that is, based directly on the Bible and treated by Bach as he wished for choir and soloists; solo; and chorale) by their BWV (Bachwerke Verzeichnis) numbers. The general index also includes names of librettists and places involved in the writing or performing of the cantatas.

The Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach
The Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach

Author: William Gillies Whittaker

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 766

ISBN-13:

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"In this standard work, always enlightening and often entertaining, each cantata is discussed as a whole, and the text and musical settings are in almost every case minutely analysed. General questions are also considered, with a penetration derived from a lifetime's experience. (Whittaker conducted every one of the cantatas in public.) For those who love Bach's music, this is an indispensable guide and source of information"--Page 4 of cover