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J.S. Bach's Other Vocal Works |
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Motets BWV 225-230 |
Traditional and individual style in the Motets of J.S. Bach |
Essay examines how the composer expanded this musical genre within the context of its existing form |
Natalie Beck |
A Study of the Texts of J.S. Bach's Motets |
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The Bach Motets (S.225-S.230) |
Contains brief analyses of ‘Jesu Meine Freude’ and ‘Lobet Den Herrn Alle Handen’. Also compares and contrasts Bach with Schütz |
Seth Lachterman |
Motet BWV 225 |
[Bethelehem] |
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Motet BWV 226:English: Bethelehem
Nielsen [Danish] |
Motet BWV 228 |
[Bethelehem] |
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Motet BWV 229 |
[Bethelehem] |
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Motet BWV 230 |
[Bethelehem] |
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Motet BWV Ahn 159 |
[Bethelehem] |
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BWV 227 |
Programme notes [Emmanuel Music] |
Craig Smith |
BWV 228 |
Programme notes [Emmanuel Music] |
Craig Smith |
BWV 229 |
Programme notes [Emmanuel Music] |
Craig Smith |
Motet BWV 227 |
[Dutch] |
Eduard van Hengel |
Motet BWV 229 |
[Dutch] |
Eduard van Hengel |
Motet BWV 230 |
[Dutch] |
Eduard van Hengel |
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Mass in B minor BWV 232 |
J.S. Bach Mass in B minor |
Contains a commentary on the the different movements of the Mass as well as providing background information |
Xinh X. Huynh / Stanford University |
Bach's Mass in B Minor as Musical Icon |
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Timothy A. Smith |
Performing Bach's B minor Mass: Thirty Years of HIP |
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Bernard D. Sherman |
Mass in B Minor - Bach's only complete setting of the Latin Ordinary |
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John Butt |
J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass (May 1996) |
Analysis of the theological enumeration of certain portions of the piece according to a Trinitarian understanding of God |
Kenneth Hannaford & Audrey Wong |
The Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 |
[Bethelehem] |
Dr. Carol Traupman-Carr |
Programme Notes for J.S. Bach’s B minor Mass |
[Baroque Choral Group] |
Kenneth Hannaford & Audrey Wong |
Mass in B Minor: A Visual Studio |
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Henry de Jong / Worship aNew |
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Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236 |
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Mass in G minor, BWV 235 |
[Bethelehem] |
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Mass in G major, BWV 236 |
[Bethelehem] |
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Missa in A BWV 234 |
[Dutch] |
Eduard van Hengel |
Missa in g-moll BWV 235 |
[Dutch] |
Eduard van Hengel |
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Magnificat BWV 243 |
Magnifical BWV 243: English: Bethlehem | Emmanuel Music
Nielsen [Danish] |
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Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 |
Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäuspassion (Evangelische Pauluskirche Darmstadt) |
Kompletter Text sowie Gedanken zu Form und Inhalt dieser Bach-Vertonung aus dem Evangelium [German] |
Wolfgang Kleber |
Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion - A Chronological Overview |
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Raptus Association |
Bach and Dürer: Passion Music and Imagery |
Series of woodcuts matched with selections from the St. Matthew Passion. Includes scenes from late in the life of Christ, his suffering, death, burial |
Sam Sawyer |
St Matthew Passion vs. Titanic |
Compares and contrasts the merits of Bach's St Matthew Passion with James Cameron's Titanic. Asks whether the latter deserves to be called 'great art |
Bernard S. Greenberg |
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 |
[Bethelehem] |
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Program Notes for Bach’s St. Matthew Passion |
[Baroque Choral Group] |
David Gordon |
St. Matthew Passion: A dramatic visualization, translation and commentary |
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Henry de Jong / Worship aNew |
A Companion to J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion |
A book completed by members of MUS480: Advanced Seminar in Musicological Topics Spring 2010: The Music of J. S. Bach instructor: J. Gibson at |
James Madison University |
Nielsen, Danish commentary (BCW) |
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Johannes-Passion BWV 245 |
Johannes-Passion Seminar - Recht und Musik |
German |
Silivia Hildenbrand & Monika Michael |
Johann Sebastian Bach's Johannespassion - liturgischer Standort und formale Überlegungen |
German |
Rupert Gottfried Frieberger |
The Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies |
A symposium under the title "When Words Hurt: The Gospel of John, Bach's music and Religious Intolerence". You can read the contributors notes on the anti-semitism or otherwise of the Johannes-Passion |
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J.S. Bach: St John Passion BWV 245 |
Hear the whole of the St John Passion in Real Audio |
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Programme Notes for J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion |
[Baroque Choral Group] |
Audrey Wong & Norm Proctor |
1724 version (Nielsen), Danish commentary (BCW) |
B!52, Odcinek 70 [Polish] |
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Markus-Passion BWV 247 |
Nielsen [Danish] |
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Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 |
J.S. Bach - Weinachtsoratorium (Texte) |
Kompletter Text des Bachwerke-Verzeichnisses [German] |
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BWV 248: English: Bethlehem 1 | Bethlehem 2 | Mincham | Vaughan
EvH [Dutch] |
BWV 248/1: English: Crouch
Nielsen [Danish] |
BWV 248/2: English: Crouch
Nielsen [Danish] |
BWV 248/3: English: Crouch
Nielsen [Danish] |
BWV 2/4: English: Crouch
Nielsen [Danish] |
BWV 248/5: English: Crouch
Nielsen [Danish] |
BWV 248/6: English: Crouche
Nielsen [Danish]
BWV 248/6a: English: Crouch |
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Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 |
Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio) (BWV 249) |
[A Listener's Guide to the Cantatas of J. S. Bach] |
Simon Crouch |
Entfliehet, verschwindet (Music Lost) (BWV 249a) |
[A Listener's Guide to the Cantatas of J. S. Bach] |
Simon Crouch |
Verjaget, zerstreuet, zerrüttet, ihr Sterne. Dramma per musica (Music Lost) (BWV 249b) |
[A Listener's Guide to the Cantatas of J. S. Bach] |
Simon Crouch |
Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium), BWV 249 |
[Bethelehem] |
Dr. Carol Traupman-Carr |
Chapter 49 BWV 249 Kommet, eilet und laufet |
[The Cantatas of J.S. Bach - A listener and student guide] |
Julian Mincham |
Nielsen [Danish] |
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Chorales BWV 250-438 |
J.S. Bach Chorales |
Big site featuring chorale MIDI’s. There are 820 pieces here which can be downloaded. Has a lot of information about Midi files as well |
Margaret Greentree |
Cyber Hymnal |
A massive site containing hymn melodies. Contains some MIDI’s of Bach chorales with information on their background and texts in English. MIDI’s can be downloaded |
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Examples of Experiments in Musical Intelligence Music |
MIDI files and scores in PDF format of 371 chorales |
David Cope |
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Anna Magadelena Notenbüchlein |
Bist du bei mir (Carolina Classical) |
Essay on this work now thought to be by Stolzel. Contains a recording of the piece in Real Audio and a PDF copy of the score |
Janet I. Wasserman |
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Psalm 51 BWV 1083 |
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Stabat Mater - Bach |
About the composer, About the Stabat Mater-paraphrase, Colorbar, CD information |
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AAM Features – Bach Bibliothek Programme |
There are several ironies surrounding Bach’s arrangement of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater as a German psalm-setting (Psalm 51) |
John Butt |
St. Florianer: Bach Stabat Mater Parody |
Liner notes |
Shel Ritter [TVRC] |
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Other Vocal Works – General |
Other Vocal Works – Original Texts |
Original Texts in German / Latin |
Walter F. Bischof |
J.S Bach: Texts of the Complete Vocal Works with English Translation and Commentry |
Texts of the Complete Vocal Works with English Translation and Commentry. Also features the vocal works sorted by the authors of hymn texts and librettists |
Z. Philip Ambrose |
New Bach Composition Discovered |
Report from the BBC about the discovery of a motet in Kiev, Ukraine |
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Bach’s Passions |
[Bach 101] |
Dr. Carol Traupman-Carr |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (December 2000 - February 2020) |