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This section of the Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) contains articles about various aspects of J.S. Bach & his music.
If you would like to contribute an article, which would be published in this section, please send it to me in accordance with the guidelines at: How to contribute. |
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Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 |
Teri Noel Towe |
1991 |
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Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244 |
Teri Noel Towe |
1991 |
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Saint John Passion, BWV 245 |
Teri Noel Towe |
1991 |
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Bach’s B minor Mass on Period Instruments [Comparative review of 9 recordings] |
Donald Satz |
Feb-Mar 2000 |
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A Bottomless Bucket of Bach - Christmas Oratorio |
Donald Satz |
Apr 2000 |
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Text, music and performative interpretation in Bach’s cantata Ich habe genug |
Uri Golomb |
Mar 2001 |
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An Interview with Pieter Jan Leusink |
Peter Bloemendaal |
Mar 2001 |
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Bach’s St. Matthew Passion from Harnoncourt [Comparative review of 9 recordings] |
Donald Satz |
Mar-May 2001 |
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The Esoteric Bach |
Thomas Braatz |
Apr 2001 |
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Anti-Judaism and Bach’s Cantata BWV 4 |
Richard A. Goodman |
July 2001 |
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Bach and a Play of Passion |
Prof. Jonathan Freeman-Attwood |
Jan 2002 |
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- Complete Musical Extracts |
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Sacred performance and sacred symbolism |
Boyd Pehrson |
Jan 2002 |
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Like Father, Like Son |
Boyd Pehrson |
Feb 2002 |
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The “Shortening of the Supporting Notes” in the Bc of Bach’s ‘Secco’ Recitatives |
Thomas Braatz |
Apr 2002 |
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Two Easter St. Matthew Passions (Plus One) |
Uri Golomb |
May 2002 |
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Interview with the Baritone Barry McDaniel |
Aryeh Oron |
July 2002 |
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- Part 1 - Beginnings, early stages |
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- Part 2 - Bach |
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- Part 3 - Musical career |
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- Part 4 - Various matters |
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Interview with the Boy Alto & Bass Panajotis (Panito) Iconomou |
Aryeh Oron |
Sep-Nov 2002 |
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- Part 1 - Beginnings |
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- Part 2 - Singing with the Tölzer Knabenchor |
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Günther Ramin 1898-1956 - Thomaskantor 1940-1956 |
Michael Meacock |
Feb 1999 |
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Playing Plain Recitative in Bach's Vocal Works |
Bradley Lehman |
Apr 2003 |
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Performance Practice: Plain Recitative In Bach's Vocal Works
(updated and fuller version of the above) |
Bradley Lehman |
Sep 2003 |
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In Balance with Bach - an interview with Frank Wakelkamp, cellist on the Leusink Bach Cantatas recordings |
Peter Bloemendaal |
May 2003 |
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Interview with Schreier |
Are Söholt |
Nov 2003 |
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Sellars Staging |
Uri Golomb |
Jan 2004 |
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Robert Bloom (1908-1994): In Appreciation |
Norman B. Schwartz |
Jun 2004 |
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In Defense of Bach |
John Reese |
Jun 2004 |
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The Passion according to Saint Matthew BWV 244 |
Joshua Rifkin |
Early 1970’s |
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The Keyboard Temperament of J. S. Bach |
John Charles Francis |
Jun 2004 |
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- Music Examples |
John Charles Francis |
Jun-July 2004 |
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The Passion of Saint John, BWV 245 |
Michael Steinberg |
Aug 2004 |
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St. John Passion |
Audrey Wong & Norm Proctor |
Jun 1994 |
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The Need for Bach: A discussion of his life, Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, BWV 51 and Ich habe genung, BWV 82 |
Sean Burton |
Oct 2004 |
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Program Notes to Jesu, der du meine, Seele BWV 78 |
Sean Burton |
Oct 2004 |
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Program Notes to Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 |
Sean Burton |
Oct 2004 |
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Four Town Pipers, Three Professional Fiddlers, and One Apprentice... |
David Sherr |
Nov 2004 |
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Hidden Chorale Melody Allusions |
Thomas Braatz |
Dec 2004 |
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BWV 524 Quodlibet (Fragment) “Was seind das vor grosse Schlösser” |
Thomas Braatz |
Dec 2004 |
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The Quodlibet as Represented in Bach’s Final Goldberg Variation BWV 988/30 |
Thomas Braatz |
Jan 2005 |
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Congregational Singing |
From the MGG I (Bärenreiter): |
1986 |
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The St. John Passion on stage |
Uri Golomb |
Apr 2000 |
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András Schiff/Philharmonia Orchestra: Johann Sebastian Bach, 2000 |
Uri Golomb |
Oct 2000 |
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Bach, the Grape-Stamper (BWV 43/7) |
Thomas Braatz |
Jun 2005 |
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'Death' in Bach's sacred libretti |
Thomas Braatz |
Jun 2005 |
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Bach’s Choir and Orchestra |
Ton Koopman |
1999 |
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Das Wohltemperirte Clavier - Pitch, Tuning and Temperament Design |
John Charles Francis |
Jul 2005 |
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- Das Wohltemperirte Clavier - Frequencies for tuning instruments to the cammerton temperament |
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Bach Without Fear |
Nicholas McGegan |
Jun 2005 |
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Laus Deo |
Thomas Braatz |
July 2005 |
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The Origin of the Texts of the Chorales |
Albert Schweitzer |
1908 |
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The Origin of the Melodies of the Chorales |
Albert Schweitzer |
1908 |
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The Chorale in the Church Service |
Albert Schweitzer |
1908 |
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Choral / Chorale |
Charles Sanford Terry |
1952 |
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The Hänfling/Bümler Temperament - A Trigger for Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier? |
Thomas Braatz |
Nov 2005 |
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JS Bach:- the developing composer:- a critical examination and comparison of BWV 1 & BWV 4 from the Second Cycle of Leipzig Cantatas |
Julian Mincham |
Jan 2006 |
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Friedrich Suppig's Diagrammatic Tunings [PDF] |
John Charles Francis |
Mar 2006 |
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The Art of Fugue: Expanding the Limits! |
Ewald Demeyere |
Apr 2006 |
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Tuning Interpretation of Bach's '1722 Seal' as Beats Per Second |
John Charles Francis |
Apr 2006 |
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The History of the Breitkopf Collection of J. S. Bach’s Four-Part Chorales |
Thomas Braatz |
Sep 2006 |
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The Relationship between BWV 244a (Trauermusik) and BWV 244b (SMP Frühfassung) [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Dec 2006 |
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Striking the right tone |
Haggai Hitron |
Feb 2007 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Stübel Theory [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Apr 2007 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Stübel Theory [HTML] |
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Apr 2007 |
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School Rules and Regulations for the St. Thomas School of Leipzig, as Established and Decreed by the Most Honorable City Council of Leipzig Immanuel Tietzen, Printer, 1723 [all in PDF 8 format]:
1. Preface
2. Original German text
3. English Translation (by Thomas Braatz)
4. Organizional Structure of the Thomasschule in Leipzig
5. Bach and the Schulordnung - Separating Myth from Reality
6. Appendix
7. Organizational Structure of Leipzig's Governmental Bodies during J.S. Bach's Service: School, Church, and University [htm] |
Thomas Braatz |
Oct-Dec 2007 |
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Tuning and Temperament (An excerpt from Peter Williams' J.S. Bach: A Life in Music, Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 333-338) [PDF] |
Peter Williams |
2007 |
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Implication of Bach’s Title "Well Tempered Clavier" |
Peter Metcalf |
Apr 2008 |
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The Practical and Personality Conflicts of J. S. Bach in Leipzig 1730 |
Peter Metcalf |
Apr-Jun 2008 |
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Evidence for the Size of Bach’s Primary Choir |
Thomas Braatz |
May 2008 |
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Bach’s Collegium musicum in Leipzig and Its History |
Thomas Braatz |
Jul 2008 |
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Opera and the Dramma per Musica |
Thomas Braatz |
Jul 2008 |
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Bach’s Dramatic Music: Serenades, Drammi per Musica, Oratorios [PDF]
Bach’s Dramatic Music: Serenades, Drammi per Musica, Oratorios [HTML] |
William Hoffman |
Aug 2008 |
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How fast could and did Baroque composers compose cantatas? |
Thomas Braatz |
Sep 2008 |
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Cantabile [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Oct 2008 |
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The Besht or Bach? Or Both? |
Shoshannah Brombacher |
Nov 2008 |
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Was J.S. Bach an Atheist? |
Wolfgang Eubel |
Dec 2008 |
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Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - Early History (A Selective, Annotated Bibliography) |
William Hoffman |
Apr 2009 |
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Spiritual Sources of Bach's St. Matthew Passion |
William Hoffman |
Apr 2009 |
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Bach and the “Great Passion“ |
David Glenn Lebut Jr. |
Apr 2009 |
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The Genesis of Bach's `Great Passion': 1724-29 [PDF] |
William Hoffman |
Apr 2009 |
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Early Performances of Bach's SMP |
Thomas Braatz |
Apr 2009 |
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Bach & Prince Leopold |
Emily Gojko |
Apr 2009 |
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Bach's use of the cut-time time signature [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Jul 2009 |
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Music for the Mass in Bach's Time |
Douglas Cowling |
Sep 2009 |
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J.S. Bach's Performance Environment in the Nikolaikirche from 1723 to 1750 [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Nov 2009 |
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Arnold Schering on "Who sang the soprano and alto parts in Bach's cantatas?" [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Nov 2009 |
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Bach's Definition of Chor in his Autograph Documents [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Nov 2009 |
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Another Chink in Rifkin's OVPP Theory [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Dec 2009 |
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Information about Bach’s Motets with a Specific Examination of BWV 226 Extracted from Klaus Hofmann’s Book on This Subject - Summaries and Translations [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Jan 2010 |
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Picander - quotation from Spitta's book: "J.S. Bach" [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Feb 2010 |
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Telemann's Doubling of Bass Parts [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Feb 2010 |
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Literary Origins of Bach’s St. John Passion: 1704-1717 |
William Hoffman |
Mar 2010 |
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Bach’s Passion Pursuit |
William Hoffman |
Mar 2010 |
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J.S. Bach's Use of Trombones [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Apr 2010 |
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The Historical Figures of the Birthday Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach [PDF] |
Marva J. Watson |
May 2010 |
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Easter Oratorio BWV 249 - An Examination of its Sources and Development [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Sep 2010 |
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Hierarchies and continuities in televised productions of Bach’s Passions |
Uri Golomb |
Sep 2010 |
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The OVPP (One Vocalist Per Part) Controversy [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Dec 2010 |
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Bach’s Oratorios [PDF] |
Uri Golomb |
Oct 2007 |
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J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue [PDF] |
Uri Golomb |
Feb 2006 |
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Liturgical drama in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion [PDF] |
Uri Golomb |
Apr 2006 |
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Bach’s Four Missae [PDF] |
Uri Golomb |
Dec 2008 |
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Rhetoric in the Performance of Baroque Music [PDF] |
Uri Golomb |
Apr 2008 |
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Interview with Ton Koopman [PDF] |
Uri Golomb |
Sep 2003 |
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Interview with Joshua Rifkin [PDF] |
Uri Golomb |
Jun 2008 |
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BWV 248/19 “Schlafe, mein Liebster” - A Background Study with Focus on the Colla Parte Flauto Traverso Part [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Jan 2011 |
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Bach’s Well Tempered Tuning [PDF] |
John Charles Francis |
Feb 2011 |
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Using Composition Theory to Analyze a Work by J.S. Bach [PDF] |
John Reese |
May 2011 |
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Latin Church Music |
William Hoffman |
Jul 2011 |
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On “der Held/Löwe aus Juda” (The Lion in the texts of Bach Cantatas) [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Sep 2011 |
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Bach and the “Snake-Fire-Sprayers” - Fire-Fighting Regulations and Equipment During Bach’s Time in Leipzig [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Sep 2011 |
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Bach and the Beggars |
Thomas Braatz |
Oct 2011 |
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Cantata Cycle by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel performed by Bach in Leipzig: |
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- Ein weiterer Kantatenjahrgang Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel’s in Bach’s Aufführungsrepertoire Bach-Jahrbuch 2009] [PDF] |
Andreas Glöckner |
2009 |
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- Is there another cantata cycle by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel that belonged to Bach’s performance repertoire? [from the Bach-Jahrbuch 2009] [PDF] |
Andreas Glöckner, translated by Thomas Braatz |
Jan 2012 |
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- Ein unbekanntes Leipziger Kantatetextheft aus der Jahr 1735 - Neues zum Thema Bach and Stölzel Bach-Jahrbuch
2008] [PDF] |
Marc-Roderich Pfau |
2009 |
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The Problematical Origins of the “Generalbaßlehre of 1738” [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Jan 2012 |
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The Rules Established for the Thomasschule by a Noble and Very Wise Leipzig City Council - Printed by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf Leipzig, 1733
- Original German Text [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Feb 2012 |
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The Rules Established for the Thomasschule by a Noble and Very Wise Leipzig City Council - Printed by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf Leipzig, 1733
- English Translation [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Feb 2012 |
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J.S. Bach: Orgelbüchlein, Köthen, after 1720? [PDF] |
Thomas Braatz |
Feb 2012 |
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