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The Capella files presented at the BCW are from Tobi's Notenarchiv, with the permission of the owner.

The music files on the Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) is based on the Capella collection and consists of privately-owned material and material contributed by Capella-Software GmbH. These music files are intellectual property of the composers and the editors. The files may be downloaded and used for private or ecclesiastical non-commercial purposes. Sound (MIDI) files may be played back for listening. If your rights have been breached, especially the copyright, please send me a short message and the work will be removed. This is a private non-commercial collection.

Commercial publishing (for example, on other websites) or any public broadcasting or reproduction for commercial purpose is forbidden unless the prior permission of the owner of the website Tobi's Notenarchiv or the editor of the file has been given. The use of files which are edited and added by the owner for Tobi's Notenarchiv must be acknowledged by the owner.

In individual cases the owner of Tobi's Notenarchiv can help you to contact the editor. Whenever a file from Tobi's Notenarchiv is used under these Terms of Use on a website, the following acknowledgment and link must be added:

The Capella files presented at this Website are from Tobi's Notenarchiv, with the permission of the owner.

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