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Contents |
Vocal Works
- Cantatas
- Other Vocal Works
- General
Instrumental Works
Chorales
Bach's Life & Time
Musicians
Performance Practice
Bach and other composers
Various Topics |
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Vocal Works: |
Cantatas: |
JS Bach:- the developing composer:- a critical examination and comparison of BWV 1 & BWV 4 from the Second Cycle of Leipzig Cantatas (Julian Mincham, Jan 2006) |
Bach, the Grape-Stamper (BWV 43/7) (Thomas Braatz, Jun 2005) |
The Need for Bach: A discussion of his life, Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, BWV 51 and Ich habe genung, BWV 82 (Sean Burton, Oct 2004) |
Program Notes to Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 (Sean Burton, Oct 2004) |
BWV 56 “Ich will den Xstab gerne tragen” - An Attempt to Trace the Symbols and Other Poetic Expressions in the Libretto Back to Their Original Sources [PDF] (Thomas Braatz, Apr 2014) |
Program Notes to Jesu, der du meine, Seele BWV 78 (Sean Burton, Oct 2004) |
Text, music and performative interpretation in Bach’s cantata Ich habe genug (Uri Golomb, Mar 2001) |
Sellars Staging (Uri Golomb, Jan 2004) |
The Marche movement in BWV 207 and BWV 207a [PDF] (Thomas Braatz, Sep 2013) |
Bach’s Dramatic Music: Serenades, Drammi per Musica, Oratorios [PDF] (William Hoffman, Aug 2008)
Bach’s Dramatic Music: Serenades, Drammi per Musica, Oratorios [HTML] |
Opera and the Dramma per Musica (Thomas Braatz, Jul 2008) |
The Historical Figures of the Birthday Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach [PDF] (Marva J. Watson, May 2010) |
The Rise and Fall of the Stübel Theory [PDF] (Thomas Braatz, Apr 2007)
The Rise and Fall of the Stübel Theory [HTML]
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Arnold Schering on "Who sang the soprano and alto parts in Bach's cantatas?" [PDF] (Thomas Braatz, Nov 2009) |
Bach and Emotion: ‘Zur Recreation des Gemüths' Editorial Introduction [PDF] (Editors Ruth Tatlow, Yo Tomita, and Barbara M. Reul; Editorial Assistant: Mark Seow, Jun 2020) |
Bach and Emotion: ‘Zur Recreation des Gemüths' Transcript of a live video discussion [PDF] (with Ruth Tatlow, Bettina Varwig, and John Butt, Jun 2020) |
Weimar-Halle-Leipzig. Drei orte, drei Anlässe und drei Fassungen der Musik von "Christen, ätzet diesen Tag" (BWV 63) [German, PDF] (Marc-Roderich Pfau, 2021)
Mit freundlicher Erlaubnis der Händel-Gesellschaft Halle |
Cantata Odyssey: Print, On-Line Sources From Bach's Musical World (William L. Hoffman, Sep 4, 2022)
Cantata Odyssey: Bach Werke Verzeichnis (Works Catalogue) New 3rd edition (William L. Hoffman, Sep 15, 2022)
New Works Catalogue BWV 3rd edition, Exploring Bach's Sources, Genres (William L. Hoffman, Oct 2, 2022) |
Bach's Cantata Compositional Genesis (William L. Hoffman, May 24, 2023) |
Bach's Leipzig Calling Begins (William L. Hoffman, Jun 14, 2023) |
Bachfest Leipzig 1723: Sessions, Thomaskantor and Protestant Church Cantatas (William L. Hoffman, Jun 23, 2023) |
First Leipzig Cantata Cycle, Other Compositional Activities (William L. Hoffman, Jul 11, 2023) |
Bach's First Leipzig Church-Year Cycle (William L. Hoffman, Jul 28, 2023) |
First Leipzig Cantata Cycle Texts, Scheide Analysis (William L. Hoffman, Aug 4, 2023) |
Early Trinity Time Cantatas: Bach's Grand Design (William L. Hoffman, Sep 3, 2023) <<<LCY |
Middle Trinity Time Cantatas (William L. Hoffman, Sep 18, 2023) <<<LCY |
Late Trinity Time Cantatas; Reformation, Michaelmas Festivals (William L. Hoffman, Oct 10, 2023) |
New Advent Cantatas, Oratorio; All-Souls Day Cantatas (William L. Hoffman, Dec 8, 2023) |
Musical Explorations, "BACH for Future": New Cantatas, Pasticcios, Adaptations (William L. Hoffman, Dec 24, 2023) |
Bachian Christmas Time (Turning Time); Epiphany Time (William L. Hoffman, Jan 14, 2024) |
Ecclesiastical Year/Readings: Epiphany Time, Pre-Lenten Sundays (William L. Hoffman, Feb 22, 2024) |
Bach, Family, Other Composers at Lent Season (William L. Hoffman, Mar 9, 2024) |
Last Two Lenten Sundays (Laetare, Judica), Bach Cantatas (William L. Hoffman, Mar 20, 2024) |
Palm Sunday, Marian Annunciation feast (March 25), Holy Week (William L. Hoffman, Mar 30, 2024) |
Easter Festival 1724, Christological Church Year Cycle (William L. Hoffman, Apr 11, 2024) |
Bach's Johannine Trilogy Begins: Passion, Resurrection, Farewell Discourse (William L. Hoffman, Apr 26, 2024) |
Hans-Joachim Schulze: Bach Cantatas, Essays, Poets, Parodies (William L. Hoffman, May 13, 2024) |
End of first cantata cycle: Pentecost Festival, Trinityfest (William L. Hoffman, May 27, 2024) |
Pentecost Feast (William L. Hoffman, Jun 2, 2024) |
Bachfest Leipzig 1724, chorale cantata (2nd) cycle (William L. Hoffman, Jun 12, 2024) |
Chorale Cantata Cycle: Challenges, Ingredients, Scope (William L. Hoffman, Jun 21, 2024) |
Chorale Cantatas: Unity through diversity (William L. Hoffman, Jun 26, 2024) |
Trinity Time Lectionary (William L. Hoffman, Aug 6, 2024) |
Leipzig Church-Year Cantata Cycles: Bach's Grand Design (William L. Hoffman, Sep 3, 2024) |
Bach's Chorales: Bibliographical Articles (William L. Hoffman, Sep 8, 2024) |
Chorale Cantata Cycle: Middle Trinity Time (WiL. Hoffman, Sep 30, 2024) |
Diverse Late Trinity Time Cantatas, 3-Year Lectionary (William L. Hoffman, Nov 5, 2024) |
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Other Vocal Works: |
Information about Bach’s Motets with a Specific Examination of BWV 226 Extracted from Klaus Hofmann’s Book on This Subject - Summaries and Translations [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Jan 2010) |
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 by Teri Noel Towe (1991) |
Bach’s B minor Mass on Period Instruments [Comparative review of 9 recordings] by Donald Satz (Feb-Mar 2000) |
Like Father, Like Son by Boyd Pehrson (Feb 2002) |
Bach’s Four Missae [PDF] by Uri Golomb (Dec 2008) |
Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244 by Teri Noel Towe (1991) |
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion from Harnoncourt [Comparative review of 9 recordings] by Donald Satz (Mar-May 2001) |
Two Easter St. Matthew Passions (Plus One) by Uri Golomb (May 2002)
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The Passion according to Saint Matthew BWV 244 by Joshua Rifkin (Early 1970’s) |
Liturgical drama in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion [PDF] by Uri Golomb (Apr 2006) |
The Relationship between BWV 244a (Trauermusik) and BWV 244b (SMP Frühfassung) [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Dec 2006) |
Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 - Early History (A Selective, Annotated Bibliography) by William Hoffman (Apr 2009) |
Spiritual Sources of Bach's St. Matthew Passion by William Hoffman (Apr 2009) |
Bach and the “Great Passion“ by David Glenn Lebut Jr. (Apr 2009) |
The Genesis of Bach's `Great Passion': 1724-29 [PDF] by William Hoffman (Apr 2009) |
Early Performances of Bach's SMP by Thomas Braatz (Apr 2009) |
Saint John Passion, BWV 245 by Teri Noel Towe (1991) |
The Passion of Saint John, BWV 245 by Michael Steinberg (Aug 2004) |
St. John Passion by Audrey Wong & Norm Proctor (Jun 1994) |
The St. John Passion on stage by Uri Golomb (Apr 2000) |
Bach's use of the cut-time time signature [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Jul 2009) |
Literary Origins of Bach’s St. John Passion: 1704-1717 by William Hoffman (Mar 2010) |
Bach’s Passion Pursuit by William Hoffman (Mar 2010) |
Narrative Parody In Bach's St. Mark Passion [PDF] by William Hoffman (May 2000, Mar 2012) |
Hierarchies and continuities in televised productions of Bach’s Passions by Uri Golomb (Sep 2010) |
A Bottomless Bucket of Bach - Christmas Oratorio by Donald Satz (Apr 2000) |
BWV 248/19 “Schlafe, mein Liebster” - A Background Study with Focus on the Colla Parte Flauto Traverso Part [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Jan 2011) |
Easter Oratorio BWV 249 - An Examination of its Sources and Development [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Sep 2010) |
Bach’s Oratorios [PDF] (Uri Golomb, Oct 2007) |
BWV 524 Quodlibet (Fragment) “Was seind das vor grosse Schlösser” (Thomas Braatz, Dec 2004) |
New Works Catalogue BWV3: Latin Church Music (William L. Hoffman, Oct 12, 2022)
Works Catalogue BWV3: Passion Settings (William L. Hoffman, Oct 29, 2022) |
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General: |
Bach and a Play of Passion by Prof. Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (Jan 2002)
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J.S. Bach's Use of Trombones [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Apr 2010) |
'Death' in Bach's sacred libretti by Thomas Braatz (Jun 2005) |
Using Composition Theory to Analyze a Work by J.S. Bach [PDF] by John Reese (May 2011) |
Bach’s Bells - Mors certa, hora incerta [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Mar 2012) |
Latin Church Music by William Hoffman (Jul 2011) |
On “der Held/Löwe aus Juda” (The Lion in the texts of Bach Cantatas) [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Sep 2011) |
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Instrumental Works: |
J.S. Bach: Orgelbüchlein, Köthen, after 1720? [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Feb 2012) |
Implication of Bach’s Title "Well Tempered Clavier" by Peter Metcalf (Apr 2008) |
The Quodlibet as Represented in Bach’s Final Goldberg Variation BWV 988/30 by Thomas Braatz (Jan 2005) |
Striking the right tone by Haggai Hitron (Feb 2007) |
The Art of Fugue: Expanding the Limits! by Ewald Demeyere (Apr 2006) |
J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue [PDF] by Uri Golomb (Feb 2006) |
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Chorales: |
The Origin of the Texts of the Chorales by Albert Schweitzer (1908) |
The Origin of the Melodies of the Chorales by Albert Schweitzer (1908) |
The Chorale in the Church Service by Albert Schweitzer (1908) |
Choral / Chorale by Charles Sanford Terry (1952) |
Hidden Chorale Melody Allusions by Thomas Braatz (Dec 2004) |
The History of the Breitkopf Collection of J. S. Bach’s Four-Part Chorales by Thomas Braatz (Sep 2006) |
German Hymnology [PDF] by Carl F. Schalk |
Congregational Singing, from the MGG I (Bärenreiter) (1986) |
Chorale-Song Collections, Student Work, by William L. Hoffman (Oct 14, 2018) |
Bach Recent Chorale Studies, Resources, by William L. Hoffman (May 14, 2022) |
Works Catalogue BWV3: Chorale Collections, Sources, Usages; Sacred Songs, by William L. Hoffman (Nov 11, 2022)
BWV3 Catalogue, BCW Chorale Resources, by William L. Hoffman (Nov 27, 2022) |
The World of the Bach Chorale Settings, by William L. Hoffman (Dec 14, 2022) |
Chorale Addendum: Borrowings, Adaptations, Sources, by William L. Hoffman (Jan 11, 2023) |
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Bach's Life & Time: |
Four Town Pipers, Three Professional Fiddlers, and One Apprentice... by David Sherr (Nov 2004) |
School Rules and Regulations for the St. Thomas School of Leipzig, as Established and Decreed by the Most Honorable City Council of Leipzig Immanuel Tietzen, Printer, 1723 [all in PDF 8 format] by homas Braatz (Oct-Dec 2007)
1. Preface
2. Original German text
3. English Translation (by Thomas Braatz)
4. Organizional Structure of the Thomasschule in Leipzig
5. Bach and the Schulordnung - Separating Myth from Reality
6. Appendix
7. Organizational Structure of Leipzig's Governmental Bodies during J.S. Bach's Service: School, Church, and University [htm] |
The Practical and Personality Conflicts of J. S. Bach in Leipzig 1730 by Peter Metcalf (Apr-Jun 2008) |
Bach’s Collegium musicum in Leipzig and Its History by Thomas Braatz (Jul 2008)
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Was J.S. Bach an Atheist? by Wolfgang Eubel (Dec 2008) |
Bach & Prince Leopold by Emily Gojko (Apr 2009) |
Music for the Mass in Bach's Time by Douglas Cowling (Sep 2009) |
J.S. Bach's Performance Environment in the Nikolaikirche from 1723 to 1750 [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Nov 2009) |
Picander - quotation from Spitta's book: "J.S. Bach" [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Feb 2010) |
Bach and the “Snake-Fire-Sprayers” - Fire-Fighting Regulations and Equipment During Bach’s Time in Leipzig [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Sep 2011) |
Bach and the Beggars by Thomas Braatz (Oct 2011) |
The Problematical Origins of the “Generalbaßlehre of 1738” [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Jan 2012) |
The Rules Established for the Thomasschule by a Noble and Very Wise Leipzig City Council - Printed by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf Leipzig, 1733 - Original German Text [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Feb 2012)
The Rules Established for the Thomasschule by a Noble and Very Wise Leipzig City Council - Printed by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf Leipzig, 1733 - English Translation [PDF] |
Bach’s Text and Music Business Connections [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Aug 2013) |
Translation of a first-hand account describing the location in Leipzig where Catholics were holding their services in 1728 [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Sep 2013) |
Liturgy and Music in Leipzig’s Main Churches by Martin Petzoldt [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Oct 2013) |
Size of Bach's music paper [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Feb 2014) |
Missing Indications for Saints’ Feast Days on Christmas Feast Days [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Apr-May 2014)
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Theology by William Hoffman (Apr 2014) |
The meanings behind Bach’s seal by T. Herbert Dimmock (Mar 2024) |
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Musicians: |
Günther Ramin 1898-1956 - Thomaskantor 1940-1956 by Michael Meacock (Feb 1999) |
András Schiff/Philharmonia Orchestra: Johann Sebastian Bach, 2000 by Uri Golomb (Oct 2000) |
An Interview with Pieter Jan Leusink by Peter Bloemendaal (Mar 2001) |
Interview with the Baritone Barry McDaniel by Aryeh Oron (Jul 2002)
- Part 1 - Beginnings, early stages
- Part 2 - Bach
- Part 3 - Musical career
- Part 4 - Various matters
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Interview with the Boy Alto & Bass Panajotis (Panito) Iconomou by Aryeh Oron (Sep-Nov 2002)
- Part 1 - Beginnings
- Part 2 - Singing with the Tölzer Knabenchor
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In Balance with Bach - an interview with Frank Wakelkamp, cellist on the Leusink Bach Cantatas recordings by Peter Bloemendaal (May 2003) |
Interview with Ton Koopman [PDF] by Uri Golomb (Sep 2003) |
Interview with Schreier Are Söholt (Nov 2003) |
Robert Bloom (1908-1994): In Appreciation by Norman B. Schwartz (Jun 2004) |
Interview with Joshua Rifkin [PDF] by Uri Golomb (Jun 2008) |
Albert Schweitzer & Bach by William Hoffman (Jan 2019) |
Gustav Leonhardt & Bach by William Hoffman (Jan 2019) |
My Life with Bach’s Music by Bernard Foccroulle (Jan 2019) |
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Performance Practice: |
Bach’s Choir and Orchestra by Ton Koopman (1999) |
The “Shortening of the Supporting Notes” in the Bc of Bach’s ‘Secco’ Recitatives by Thomas Braatz (Apr 2002)
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Playing Plain Recitative in Bach's Vocal Works by Bradley Lehman (Apr 2003) |
Performance Practice: Plain Recitative In Bach's Vocal Works (updated and fuller version of the above) by Bradley Lehman (Sep 2003) |
Sacred performance and sacred symbolism by Boyd Pehrson (Jan 2002) |
Bach Without Fear by Nicholas McGegan (Jun 2005)
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Evidence for the Size of Bach’s Primary Choir by Thomas Braatz (May 2008) |
Cantabile [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Oct 2008) |
Bach's Definition of Chor in his Autograph Documents [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Nov 2009) |
Another Chink in Rifkin's OVPP Theory [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Dec 2009) |
The OVPP (One Vocalist Per Part) Controversy [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Dec 2010) |
Rhetoric in the Performance of Baroque Music [PDF] by Uri Golomb (Apr 2008) |
Documentary Evidence Revealing the Contemporary Performance Practices For Bach’s Organo (Basso Continuo) Parts [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Sep 2012) |
Mattheson on OVPP/OPPP [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Sep 2012) |
Bach on a Budget [PDF] by Gary Harney (May 2016) |
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Tuning & Temperament: |
The Keyboard Temperament of J. S. Bach by John Charles Francis (Jun 2004)
- Music Examples (Jun-Jul 2004)
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Das Wohltemperirte Clavier - Pitch, Tuning and Temperament Design by John Charles Francis (Jul 2005)
- Das Wohltemperirte Clavier - Frequencies for tuning instruments to the cammerton temperament |
The Hänfling/Bümler Temperament - A Trigger for Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier? by Thomas Braatz (Nov 2005) |
Friedrich Suppig's Diagrammatic Tunings [PDF] by John Charles Francis (Mar 2006) |
Tuning Interpretation of Bach's '1722 Seal' as Beats Per Second by John Charles Francis (Apr 2006) |
Tuning and Temperament (An excerpt from Peter Williams' J.S. Bach: A Life in Music, Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 333-338) [PDF] by Peter Williams (2007) |
Bach’s Well Tempered Tuning [PDF] by John Charles Francis (Feb 2011) |
Esoteric Keyboard Temperaments of J. S. Bach [PDF] by Charles Francis (2005) |
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Bach and other composers: |
In Defense of Bach by John Reese (Jun 2004)
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How fast could and did Baroque composers compose cantatas? by Thomas Braatz (Sep 2008) |
Telemann's Doubling of Bass Parts [PDF] by Thomas Braatz (Feb 2010) |
Cantata Cycle by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel performed by Bach in Leipzig:
- Ein weiterer Kantatenjahrgang Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel’s in Bach’s Aufführungsrepertoire Bach-Jahrbuch 2009] [PDF] by Andreas Glöckner (2009)
- Is there another cantata cycle by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel that belonged to Bach’s performance repertoire? [from the Bach-Jahrbuch 2009] [PDF] by Andreas Glöckner, translated by Thomas Braatz (Jan 2012) |
- Ein unbekanntes Leipziger Kantatetextheft aus der Jahr 1735 - Neues zum Thema Bach and Stölzel Bach-Jahrbuch 2009] [PDF] by Marc-Roderich Pfau (2009) |
Bach and Mahler [PDF] by William Hoffman (May 2012) |
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Various Topics: |
The Esoteric Bach by Thomas Braatz (Apr 2001) |
Anti-Judaism and Bach’s Cantata BWV 4 by Richard A. Goodman (Jul 2001) |
Laus Deo by Thomas Braatz (July 2005) |
The Besht or Bach? Or Both? by Shoshannah Brombacher (Nov 2008) |
Articles on Bach - General Discussions (July 2020-) |
New Bach Essays (January-February 2022) |
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Links to other sites: Articles on J.S. Bach, his Religion & his Music |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (September 2001 - November 2024) |