Readership: Music students and scholars, performers, and music lovers in general.
Alfred Dürr, Honorary doctorates from Baldwin-Wallace College Ohio and Oxford University
"An indispensable reference work is finally available in a handsome English translation, and for that we should be thankful." - Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters
"For students studying Bach's cantatas, this book is the best reading material currently available. This is a book that every university library must have on its shelf." - Bach Bibliography Book Review
List of illustrations Abbreviations Part 1 Introduction to Bach's cantatas 1: History of the cantata before Bach 2: Development of the Bach Cantata 3: Performance pratice in Bach's cantatas Part 2 Church Cantatas 1: Cantatas for the church year: Advent to Trinity 2: Cantatas for the church year: First to Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity 3: The Marian Feasts 4: The Feast of St John the Baptist 5: The Feast of the Archangel Michael 6: The Reformation Festival 7: Church and Organ Consecration 8: Council Elections 9: Weddings 10: Funerals 11: Various occasions Part 3 Secular Cantatas 1: Festive music for the courts of Weimar, Wessenfels, and Cothen 2: Festive music for the Electoral House of Saxony 3: Festive music for Leipzig University celebrations 4: Festive music for Leipzig council and school celebrations 5: Leipzig music of homage for nobles and burghers 6: Weddings 7: Various occasions Appendix: Doubtful and spurious cantatas Bibliography Indices
