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Songs and arias by Johann Sebastian Bach are compositions listed in Chapter 6 of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV 439–524), which also includes the Quodlibet. [1] Most of the songs and arias included in this list are set for voice and continuo. Most of them are also spiritual, i.e. hymn settings, although a few have a worldly theme.
There are over 1500 works that feature in a catalogue of works by Bach, like the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, or in a collection of works associated with Bach (e.g. in one of the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach). Of these around a thousand are original compositions by Bach, that is: more than a mere copy or transcription of an earlier work by ...
The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV; lit. ' Bach works catalogue ' ; German: [ˈbax ˈvɛrkə fɛrˈtsaeçnɪs] ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach . It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder .
Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (Dissipate, you troublesome shadows), [1] BWV 202, [a] is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. [2] [3] It was likely composed for a wedding, but scholars disagree on the dating which could be as early as Bach's tenure in Weimar, around 1714, while it has traditionally been connected to his wedding to Anna Magdalena on 3 December 1721 in Köthen.
For an overview of such resources used by Bach, see individual composition articles, and overviews in, e.g., Chorale cantata (Bach)#Bach's chorale cantatas, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale harmonisations in various collections and List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale Preludes.
Jazz Sébastien Bach (released as Bach's Greatest Hits in North America) is the debut album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1964 Grammy Award winner for " Best Performance by a Chorus " and the group also won the 1964 Grammy Award for " Best New Artist ". [ 1 ]
The beginning of the BWV 546 Prelude, in the hand of Johann Peter Kellner. Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach, with the prelude dating around his time in Leipzig (1723–1750), and the fugue dating around his time in Weimar (1708–1717). [1]
Bach later re-used the music of this aria in the Peasant Cantata. Bach's music does not refer to the instruments associated with Phoebus and Pan in their respective arias, i.e. a lute-like instrument for Apollo and some sort of flute for Pan. [1] [4] [19] [20]