The Cantatas of J.S. Bach

The Cantatas of J.S. Bach
Author: Alfred Dürr
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 984
Release: 2005
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0198167075

This is the only English translation of this important book by the world's most distinguished Bach scholar.

The World of the Bach Cantatas: Johann Sebastian Bach's early sacred cantatas

The World of the Bach Cantatas: Johann Sebastian Bach's early sacred cantatas
Author: Christoph Wolff
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1997
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780393041064

The cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach are among the best known and most frequently performed musical works of the Baroque period. In an illuminating discussion of the musical, literary, aesthetic, and theological aspects of the composers early cantatas, leading Bach scholars place the works in their historical and biographical context. 85 photos.

Bach Cantatas Requiring Limited Resources

Bach Cantatas Requiring Limited Resources
Author: William J. Bullock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 1984
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This useful reference guide catalogs 47 of Bach's cantatas that are most likely to be performed by choral organizations of limited means. The cantatas catalogued require no more instruments than a string ensemble plus two woodwind instruments.