JS Bach

BWV	Number on the Bach Werke Verzeignis by Wolgang Schmieder (1950).
CANTATA	Cantata Name/Title. It is usually the first line of the sung parts.
RATING (EAG)	Subjective rating.
Occasion	Occasion it was intended for.
Year	Year.
Solo	Soloists voices: Soprano - Alto - Tenor - Bass
Choir	Choir voices.
Wind	Brass instruments: Tr (Trumpet) - Tb (Trombone) - Co (Horn) - Ti (Drums).
Wood	Wood instruments: Fl (Recorder) - Ft (Flute) - Ob (Oboe) Fg (Bassoon) - Oa (Oboe d'amore) - Oc (Oboe da Caccia).
Strings	Vl (Violin) - Va (Viola) - Vp (Violoncello picolo) - Vg (Viola da gamba) Vm (Viola d'amore) - Vt (Violetta)
Keyb	Organ if playing as a soloist, beyond the basso continuo.
Notes	Clarifications.
Bach Cantatas Web Site	Link to the reference web site bach-cantatas.com
IMSLP	Link to imslp.org, a reference web site for scores (Petrucci Music Library).
VIDEO	Links to view the cantata in the version by Rudolf Lutz (preferred), The Nederlands Bach Society (NBS), or any other publicly available. If a video recording is not available, audio only version with or without the score.

"CANTATAS" PROJECT

The Excel sheet that can be downloaded from here lists the 246 cantatas -church & secular- which were preserved from the possibly 400 written by JS Bach. This spreadsheet is updated very often!

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