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Commentaries on the Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach: An Interactive Companion

Bach's Sacred Cantatas: A Chronological View

Here the essays can be viewed chronologically, in groups according to the cities in which Bach worked. The cantata essays are ordered by date of first performance, EXCEPT for the pre-Weimar cantatas since so little is certain regarding their chronology. Instead, these cantatas are ordered according to their Bach-Compendium number (BC).
 

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