cantatas in English

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a medium-length narrative piece of music for voices with instrumental accompaniment, typically with solos, chorus, and orchestra.
His works include much orchestral music, cantatas , and chamber compositions.
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1. Discussion of Countertenors on the Bach Cantatas forum

2. Cavatina, musical form appearing in operas and occasionally in cantatas and instrumental music. In early 18th-century cantatas, notably those of J.S

3. These masterly cantatas date from different periods in Bach's life.

4. Chorales Text used in Bach's Vocal Works Texts & English Translations: This section of the Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) contains Chorale Texts [hereafter referred to simply as ‘CT’s] used by Bach in the cantatas and his other vocal works

5. Aria, solo song with instrumental accompaniment, an important element of opera but also found extensively in cantatas and oratorios

6. Direct speech has that personal quality Jean-Jacques Rousseau later recognized as being intrinsic to the best cantatas.

7. Bach often signed his cantatas with SDG, short for Soli Deo Gloria ("glory to the only God" / "glory to God alone").

8. According to John Eliot Gardiner, the poet is likely the same as for two preceding cantatas, Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, and Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42, before Christiana Mariana von Ziegler became the poet for the following cantatas of the period.