Texts and Historically-Informed Translations for the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed

Using these translations

These texts and translations are made freely available for concert programs, recording notes, and course materials. We ask that you acknowledge the translators (Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed) and this Web site (www.BachCantataTexts.org), and that you not make changes to the text or translation. 

 

We encourage you to provide a link to the annotated versions by including the appropriate QR code in your program or recording, or a link to the relevant page (www.BachCantataTexts.org/BWVxxx).

 

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We are grateful for the assistance we have received in preparing these translations for the Web from Ben Kazez, Maggie Eronimous,  Rachel Cisneros, and Elizabeth Hile.