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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.
Karl Richer - Bach Cantatas Vol. 5 Discographies of all Bach Cantatas and discussions of each work.
St Matthew Passion Discographies of Bach's other vocal works and discussions of them.
Goldberg Variations Discographies of Bach's works for solo keyboard, lute..., discussions, reviews.
Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's works & Bach-inspired works.
Fritz Lehmann Bach discographies of performers of vocal works and discussions of them.
Harald Vogel Bach Discographies of performers of instrumental works and discussions of them.
OVPP Discussions of general topics relating to Bach & his music.
PDF Symbol Articles about various aspects of Bach & his music.
Gerorg Philipp Telemann Doubtful/spurious works; works of other composers performed by Bach, arranged by Bach, in Bach's library; Bach Family, Thomaskantors, Bach's Pupils, Bach's Copyists.
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven Reviews & discussions of books about Bach & his music.
Bach & friends 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...
Martin Luther Explanation; Events and corresponding Bach's works; LCY in the Lifetime of Bach; LCY 2000-2015; Epistles/Gospels Readings; Motets & Chorales for the LCY.
Texts & translations of all Bach Cantatas & his other vocal works (5,866).
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...
Listen to music examples from Bach’s works: Cantatas | Other Vocal Works | Instrumental Works | Bach's Contemporaries | Videos
Commentaries on Bach Cantatas & other vocal works, including links to commentaries in other websites.
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.
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...
50 places are associated with Bach. Each place: description and history, Bach connection, features of interest, photos, Maps...
Bach Festivals & Series around the world. For each: location, dates, history & mission, posters...
World-wide schedule of concerts of Bach's vocal works, arranged by year/country. Major Bach events around the world: festivals, conferences...
Biography, photos and Bach discography of performers who have recorded Bach's vocal works, solo keyboard works and lute works (13,520).
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)
Bach appears on numerous items, musical and non-musical alike: Bach-inspired art works and items with Bach image/name.
The Face of Bach 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)
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...
Technical & Musical Terms & Abbreviations, used by various contributors across the the BCW.
Subscribe to Bach Mailing List (BML) and participate in the discussions:
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Nov 12, 2023: Heinz Zickler (b 1920), German trumpet player, organist and cantor
Oct 2, 2023: Herbert Handt (b 1926), American tenor and conductor
Sep 22, 2023: Alejandro Meerapfel (b 1969), Argentine baritone
Aug 15, 2023: Arnold Östman (b 1939), Swedish conductor and harpsichordist
Jun 19, 2023: Gabriele Schnaut (b 1951), German soprano and mezzo-soprano



 

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