List of Bach cantatas explained

This is a sortable list of Bach cantatas, the cantatas composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. His almost 200 extant cantatas are among his important vocal compositions. Many are known to be lost. Bach composed both church cantatas, most of them for specific occasions of the liturgical year of the Lutheran Church, and secular cantatas.

Bach's earliest cantatas were written possibly from 1707, the year he moved to Mühlhausen, although he may have begun composing them at his previous post in Arnstadt. He began regular composition of church cantatas in Weimar between 1708 and 1717, writing one cantata per month. In his next position in Köthen, he composed no church cantatas, but secular cantatas for the court. Most of Bach's church cantatas date from his first years as German: [[Thomaskantor]]|italic=no and director of church music in Leipzig, a position which he took up in 1723. Working for Leipzig's German: [[St. Thomas Church, Leipzig|Thomaskirche]]|italic=no and German: [[St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig|Nikolaikirche]]|italic=no, it was part of Bach's job to perform a church cantata every Sunday and holiday, conducting soloists, the Thomanerchor and orchestra as part of the church service. In his first year there, starting after Trinity, Bach regularly composed a new cantata every week in his Bach's first cantata cycle. The following year, he followed the format, now basing each cantata on a Lutheran hymn in the chorale cantata cycle. He was less rigid over the following years, but still produced new compositions in his third to fifth years, the Picander cycle of 1728–29, and late works known up to 1745.

Bach also composed cantatas for other church services such as weddings and German: Ratswahl (the inauguration of a new town council), and he wrote secular cantatas, around 50 known works, for occasions such as academic functions of the University of Leipzig, and anniversaries and entertainment among the nobility and in society.

The list includes both extant cantatas and, as far as known, lost cantatas. It is sortable by the cantata number which equals the number in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), by title, by occasion during the liturgical year, the year of composition and date of first performance, as far as known. The scoring is provided, grouped by singers and groups of instruments. Colouring shows which cantatas are not extant church cantatas and which works were not even composed by Bach, but attributed to him in the past. A link to the free score of the Bach Gesellschaft in the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) is provided if available.

Abbreviations

The abbreviations of performers are given for solo singers, choir (typically SATB), brass instruments (plus timpani), woodwinds, strings, keyboard and basso continuo. The basso continuo consists of a group of players, depending upon the scoring of the cantata and the performance location. For example, a bassoon is typically playing when other wind instruments are called for, an organ may be played in church, a harpsichord will be used in secular surroundings.

Solo	Choir	Brass and Percussion	Woodwinds	Strings	Keyboard and basso continuo
	S = soprano	Tr = tromba (trumpet)	Fl = flauto (recorder)	Vl = violino (violin)	Org = organo (organ)
	A = alto			Vs = violino solo	Cemb = cembalo (harpsichord)
	T = tenor	Cl = clarino (high Baroque trumpet)			Lt = liuto (lute)
	B = bass				Bc = basso continuo
		Co = corno (horn)		Vp = violoncello piccolo
			Ot = taille (tenor oboe)	Vm = viola d'amore
				Vg = viola da gamba
		Li = lituo (lituus)		Vt = violetta
		Cn = cornetto		Vn = violone

List of cantatas

Colours

Sacred cantata
Secular cantata
Not a cantata
Not by Bach
Fragment
Not extant

The list follows the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis and contains all sacred cantatas (1–197, 199), secular cantatas (198, 201–215), fragments (50, 80b, 216, 224) and works formerly attributed to Bach (15, 53, 141–142, 160, 189, 217–223), lost cantatas (36a, 66a, 70a, 80a, 120b and others), as well as works which are no longer considered cantatas (11, 53, 118). Most of the church cantatas are composed for occasions of the Lutheran liturgical year and related to prescribed readings. The Sundays after Trinity are numbered using roman numerals (for example "Trinity II" for the second Sunday after Trinity). The high holidays Christmas, Easter and Pentecost were celebrated for three days, indicated by numbers for the second and third day, for example "Easter 3" for the third day of Easter. Keyboard instruments are only listed for specific solo parts, not as part of the continuo group. If more than one part was composed for one instrument, the number is given, for example "3Tr" for three trumpets.

BWV	Title	Occasion	Year	Premiere	Solo	Choir	Brass	Wood	Strings	Key	Bc	Notes	IMSLP
1			1725	25 Mar 1725	STB	SATB	2Co	2Oc	2Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
2			1724	18 Jun 1724	ATB	SATB	4Tb	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
3			1725	14 Jan 1725	SATB	SATB	Co Tb	2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
4			1707?	1707	SATB	SATB	Cn 3Tb		2Vl 2Va		Bc		♫
5			1724	15 Oct 1724	SATB	SATB	Tt	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
6			1725	2 Apr 1725	SATB	SATB	Tt	2Ob Oc	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
7			1724	24 Jun 1724	ATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
8			1724	24 Sep 1724	SATB	SATB	Co	Ft 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
9			1732?	20 Jul 1732	SATB	SATB		Ft Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
10			1724	2 Jul 1724	SATB	SATB	Tr	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
11			1738		SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	Ascension oratorio	♫
12			1714	22 Apr 1714	ATB	SATB	Tr	Ob Fg	2Vl 2Va		Bc		♫
13			1726	20 Jan 1726	SATB	SATB		2Fl Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
14			1735	30 Jan 1735	STB	SATB	Cc	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
15				1751	SATB	SATB	2Cl Tr Ti		2Vl Va		Bc	Johann Ludwig Bach?	♫
16			1726	1 Jan 1726	ATB	SATB	Cc	2Ob Oc	2Vl Va (Vt)		Bc		♫
17			1726	22 Sep 1726	SATB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
18			1713?	1713	STB	SATB		2Fl Fg	4Va Vc		Bc		♫
19			1726	29 Sep 1726	STB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ob 2Oa Ot	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
20			1724	11 Jun 1724	ATB	SATB	Tt	3Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
21			1714	17 Jun 1714	STB	SATB	3Tr Ti 4Tb	Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
22			1723	7 Feb 1723	ATB	SATB		Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
23			1723	7 Feb 1723	SAT	SATB	Cn 3Tb	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
24			1723	20 Jun 1723	ATB	SATB	Cl	2Ob 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
25			1723	29 Aug 1723	STB	SATB	Cn 3Tb	3Fl 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
26			1724	19 Nov 1724	SATB	SATB	Co	Ft 3Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
27			1726	6 Oct 1726	SATB	SSATB	Co	2Ob Oc	2Vl Va	Org	Bc		♫
28			1725	30 Dec 1725	SATB	SATB	Cn 3Tb	2Ob Ot	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
29			1731	27 Aug 1731	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ob	2Vl Va	Org	Bc		♫
30			1738	24 Jun 1738	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob Oa	Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
30a		Homage	1737	28 Sep 1737	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob Oa	Vs 2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
31			1715	21 Apr 1715	STB	SSATB	3Tr Ti	3Ob Ot Fg	2Vl 2Va 2Vc		Bc		♫
32			1726	13 Jan 1726	SB	SATB		Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
33			1724	3 Sep 1724	ATB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
34			1726	1 Jun 1727	ATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
34a			1726	8 Sep 1726	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	incomplete
35			1726	8 Sep 1726	A			2Ob Ot	2Vl Va	Org	Bc		♫
36			1731	2 Dec 1731	SATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
36a		Birthday	1726	30 Nov 1726								secular; music lost
36b		Birthday	1735	1735	SATB	SATB		Oa	2Vl Va Vm		Bc	secular	♫
36c		Birthday	1725	1725	SATB	SATB		Ft	2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
37			1724	18 May 1724	SATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
38			1724	29 Oct 1724	SATB	SATB	4Tb	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
39			1726	23 Jun 1726	SAB	SATB		2Fl 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
40			1723	26 Dec 1723	ATB	SATB	2Co	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
41			1725	1 Jan 1725	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	3Ob	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
42			1725	8 Apr 1725	SATB	SATB		2Ob Fg	2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
43			1726	30 May 1726	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
44			1724	21 May 1724	SATB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
45			1726	11 Aug 1726	ATB	SATB		2Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
46			1723	1 Aug 1723	ATB	SATB	Tr	2Fl 2Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
47			1726	13 Oct 1726	SB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va	Org	Bc		♫
48			1723	3 Oct 1723	AT	SATB	Tr	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
49			1726	3 Nov 1726	SB			Oa	2Vl Va Vp	Org	Bc		♫
50			1740?	1740		SATBSATB	3Tr Ti	3Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	fragment	♫
51			1730	17 Sep 1730	S		Tr		2Vl Va		Bc		♫
52			1726	24 Nov 1726	SATB	SATB	2Co	3Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
53				1751	A				2Vl Va		Bc	G. M. Hoffmann? (an aria)	♫
54			1713?	15 Jul 1714?	A				2Vl 2Va		Bc		♫
55			1726	17 Nov 1726	T	SATB		Ft Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
56			1726	27 Oct 1726	B	SATB		2Ob Ot	2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
57			1725	26 Dec 1725	SB	SATB		2Ob Ot	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
58			1727	5 Jan 1727	SB			2Ob Ot	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
59			1724	28 May 1724	SB	SATB	2Tr Ti		2Vl Va		Bc		♫
60			1723	7 Nov 1723	ATB	SATB	Co	2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
61			1714	2 Dec 1714	STB	SATB		Fg	2Vl 2Va		Bc		♫
62			1724	3 Dec 1724	SATB	SATB	Co	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
63			1713?	1713	SATB	SATB	4Tr Ti	3Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
64			1723	27 Dec 1723	SAB	SATB	Cn 3Tb	Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
65			1724	6 Jan 1724	TB	SATB	2Cc	2Fl 2Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
66			1724	10 Apr 1724	ATB	SATB	Tr	2Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
66a		Birthday	1718	10 Dec 1718								music lost	♫
67			1724	16 Apr 1724	ATB	SATB	Ct	Ft 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
68			1725	21 May 1725	SB	SATB	Cn Co 3Tb	2Ob Ot	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
69			1748	26 Aug 1748	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	3Ob Oa Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
69a			1723	15 Aug 1723	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	Fl 3Ob Oa Oc Fg	2Vl Va		Bc
70			1723	21 Nov 1723	SATB	SATB	Tr	Ob	2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
70a			1716	6 Dec 1716	SATB	SATB	Tr?	Ob?	2Vl Va Vc		Bc	string parts and text extant
71			1708	4 Feb 1708	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Fl 2Ob Fg	2Vl Va Vc Vn	Org	Bc		♫
72			1726	27 Jan 1726	SAB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
73			1724	23 Jan 1724	STB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va	Org	Bc		♫
74			1725	20 May 1725	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ob Oc	Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
75			1723	30 May 1723	SATB	SATB	Tr	2Ob Oa Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
76			1723	06 Jun 1723	SATB	SATB	Tr	2Ob Oa Fg	2Vl Va Vg		Bc		♫
77			1723	22 Aug 1723	SATB	SATB	Tt	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
78			1724	10 Sep 1724	SATB	SATB	Co	Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va Vn		Bc		♫
79			1725	31 Oct 1725	SAB	SATB	2Co Ti	2Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
80			1731	1731	SATB	SATB		2Ob 2Oa Oc Ot	2Vl Va Vc Vn		Bc		♫
80a			1715?	1715?								music lost
80b				1751	SATB	SATB		2Ob 2Oa Oc Fg	2Vl Va Vc Vn		Bc	fragment
81			1724	30 Jan 1724	ATB	SATB		2Fl 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
82			1727	2 Feb 1727	B			Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
83			1724	2 Feb 1724	ATB	SATB	2Co	2Ob	Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
84			1727	9 Feb 1727	S	SATB		Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
85			1725	15 Apr 1725	SATB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
86			1724	14 May 1724	SATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
87			1725	6 May 1725	ATB	SATB		2Ob Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
88			1726	21 Jul 1726	SATB	SATB	2Co	2Oa Ot	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
89			1723	24 Oct 1723	SAB	SATB	Co	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
90			1723	14 Nov 1723	ATB	SATB	Tr		2Vl Va		Bc		♫
91			1724	25 Dec 1724	SATB	SATB	2Co Ti	3Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
92			1725	28 Jan 1725	SATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
93			1724	09 Jul 1724	SATB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
94			1724	6 Aug 1724	SATB	SATB		Ft 2Ob Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
95			1723	12 Sep 1723	STB	SATB	Co	2Oa	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
96			1724	8 Oct 1724	SATB	SATB	Co Tb	Fp Ft 2Ob	Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
97			1734	1734	SATB	SATB		2Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
98			1726	10 Nov 1726	SATB	SATB		2Ob Ot	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
99			1724	17 Sep 1724	SATB	SATB	Co	Ft Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
100			1732	1732	SATB	SATB	2Co Ti	Ft Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
101			1724	13 Aug 1724	SATB	SATB	Cn 3Tb	Ft 2Ob Ot Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
102			1726	25 Aug 1726	ATB	SATB		Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
103			1725	22 Apr 1725	SATB	SATB	Tr	Fp Ft 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
104			1724	23 Apr 1724	TB	SATB		2Ob 2Oa Ot	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
105			1723	25 Jul 1723	SATB	SATB	Co(?)	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
106			1708	1708?	AB	SATB		2Fl	2Vg		Bc	Actus tragicus	♫
107			1724	23 Jul 1724	STB	SATB	Cc	2Ft 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
108			1725	29 Apr 1725	ATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
109			1723	17 Oct 1723	AT	SATB	Cc	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
110			1725	25 Dec 1725	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 3Ob Oa Oc Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
111			1725	21 Jan 1725	SATB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
112			1731	8 Apr 1731	SATB	SATB	2Co	2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
113			1724	20 Aug 1724	SATB	SATB		Ft 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
114			1724	1 Oct 1724	SATB	SATB	Co	Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
115			1724	5 Nov 1724	SATB	SATB	Co	Ft Oa	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
116			1724	26 Nov 1724	SATB	SATB	Co	2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
117			1728?	1728	ATB	SATB		2Ft 2Ob 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
118			1736?	1736		SATB	2Li Cn 3Tb						♫
119			1723	30 Aug 1723	SATB	SATB	4Tr Ti	2Fl 3Ob 2Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
120			1729	1742	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Oa	Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
120a			1729	1729	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
120b			1730	26 Jun 1730								music lost
121			1724	26 Dec 1724	SATB	SATB	Cn 3Tb	Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
122			1724	31 Dec 1724	SATB	SATB		3Fl 2Ob Ot	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
123			1725	6 Jan 1725	ATB	SATB		2Ft 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
124			1725	7 Jan 1725	SATB	SATB	Co	Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
125			1725	2 Feb 1725	ATB	SATB	Co	Ft Ob Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
126			1725	4 Feb 1725	ATB	SATB	Tr	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
127			1725	11 Feb 1725	STB	SATB	Tr	2Fl 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
128			1725	10 May 1725	ATB	SATB	2Co Tr	2Ob Oa Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
129			1727	8 Jun 1727	SAB	SATB	3Tr Ti	Ft 2Ob Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
130			1724	29 Sep 1724	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	Ft 3Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
131			1707	1707	SATB	SATB		Oa Fg	Vl 2Va		Bc		♫
132			1715	22 Dec 1715	SATB			Ob Fg	2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
133			1724	27 Dec 1724	SATB	SATB	Cn	2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
134			1724	11 Apr 1724	AT	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va Vn		Bc		♫
134a		Gratulation	1719	1 Jan 1719	AT	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va Vn		Bc	secular	♫
135			1724	25 Jun 1724	ATB	SATB	Cn Tb	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
136			1723	18 Jul 1723	ATB	SATB	Co	2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
137			1725	19 Aug 1725	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
138			1723	05 Sep 1723	SATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
139			1724	12 Nov 1724	SATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
140			1731	25 Nov 1731	STB	SATB	Co	2Ob Ot	Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
141				1751	SATB	ATB			2Vl Va		Bc		♫
142				1751	ATB	SATB		2Fl 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	Johann Kuhnau?	♫
143			1708	1 Jan 1708	STB	SATB	3Cc Ti	Fg	2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
144			1724	6 Feb 1724	SAT	SATB		2Ob Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
145			1729	19 Apr 1729	STB	SATB	Tr	Ft 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
146			1726?	12 May 1726	SATB	SATB		Ft 2Ob 2Oa Ot	2Vl Va	Org	Bc		♫
147			1723	2 Jul 1723	SATB	SATB	Tr	2Ob Oa 2Oc Fg	2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
147a			1716?	1716								music lost
148			1723	19 Sep 1723	AT	SATB	Cl	2Oa Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
149			1728	29 Sep 1728	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	3Ob Fg	2Vl Va Vn		Bc		♫
150			1707?	1707?	SATB	SATB		Fg	2Vl		Bc		♫
151			1725	27 Dec 1725	SATB	SATB		Ft Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
152			1714	30 Dec 1714	SB			Fl Ob	Vm Vg		Bc		♫
153			1724	2 Jan 1724	ATB	SATB			2Vl Va		Bc		♫
154			1724	9 Jan 1724	ATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
155			1716	19 Jan 1716	SATB	SATB		Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
156			1729	23 Jan 1729	ATB	SATB		Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
157			1727	6 Feb 1727	TB	SATB		Ft Ob Oa	2Vl Vt		Bc		♫
158			1731?	1731	SB	SATB		Ob	Vs		Bc		♫
159			1729	27 Feb 1729	ATB	SATB		Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
160				1751	T			Fg	Vl		Bc		♫
161			1716	27 Sep 1716	AT	SATB		2Ft	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
162			1715?	3 Nov 1715	SATB	SATB	Ct	Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
163			1715	24 Nov 1715	SATB	SATB			2Vl Va 2Vc		Bc		♫
164			1725	26 Aug 1725	SATB	SATB		2Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
165			1715	16 Jun 1715	SATB	SATB		Fg	2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
166			1724	7 May 1724	ATB	SATB		Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
167			1723	24 Jun 1723	SATB	SATB	Cl	Ob Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
168			1725	29 Jul 1725	SATB	SATB		2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
169			1726	20 Oct 1726	A	SATB		2Ob Ot	2Vl Va	Org	Bc	First movement from BWV 1053	♫
170			1726	28 Jul 1726	A			Oa	2Vl Va	Org	Bc		♫
171			1729	1 Jan 1729	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
172			1714	20 May 1714	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	Fg	2Vl 2Va	Org	Bc		♫
173			1724	29 May 1724	SATB	SATB		2Ft	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
173a		Birthday	1722	1722	SB			2Ft Fg	Vl Va Vn		Bc	secular	♫
174			1729	6 Jun 1729	ATB	SATB	2Cc	2Ob Ot	3Vs 3Va 3Vc 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
175			1725	22 May 1725	ATB	SATB	2Tr	3Fl	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
176			1725	27 May 1725	SAB	SATB		2Ob Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
177			1732	6 Jul 1732	SAT	SATB		2Ob Oc Fg	Vs 2Vl Va		Bc		♫
178			1724	30 Jul 1724	ATB	SATB	Co	2Ob 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
179			1723	8 Aug 1723	STB	SATB		2Ob 2Oc	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
180			1724	22 Oct 1724	SATB	SATB		2Fl 2Ft Ob Oc	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
181			1724	13 Feb 1724	SATB	SATB	Tr	Ft Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
182			1714	25 Mar 1714	ATB	SATB		Fl	Vs Vl 2Va Vc		Bc		♫
183			1725	13 May 1725	SATB	SATB		2Oa 2Oc	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
184			1724	30 May 1724	SAT	SATB		2Ft	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
185			1715	14 Jul 1715	SATB	SATB		Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
186			1723	11 Jul 1723	SATB	SATB		2Ob Ot Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
186a			1716?	1716								music lost
187			1726	4 Aug 1726	SAB	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
188			1728	17 Oct 1728	SATB	SATB		Ob	2Vl Va Vc	Org	Bc		♫
189				1751	T			Fl Ob	Vl		Bc	G. M. Hoffmann?	♫
190			1724	1 Jan 1724	ATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	3Ob Oa Fg	2Vl Va		Bc	incomplete	♫
190a			1730	25 Jun 1730								music lost
191			1742?	25 Dec 1745	ST	SSATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	in Latin	♫
192			1730	31 Oct 1730	SB	SATB		2Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	incomplete	♫
193			1727	25 Aug 1727	SA	SATB		2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	incomplete	♫
193a			1727	3 Aug 1727								secular; music lost
194			1723	2 Nov 1723	STB	SATB		3Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
195			1737	1737	SATB	SATB	2Co 3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob 2Oa	2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
196			1708?	1708	STB	SATB			2Vl Va Vc		Bc		♫
197			1736?	1736	SAB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ob 2Oa Fg	2Vl Va		Bc		♫
197a			1728	1728	AB	SATB		2Ft Oa Fg	2Vl Va Vc		Bc	incomplete	♫
198			1727	17 Oct 1727	SATB	SATB		2Ft 2Oa	2Vl Va 2Vg	2Lt	Bc	Trauerode (secular)	♫
199			1714	12 Aug 1714	S			Ob	2Vl Va Vp		Bc		♫
200			1735	1735	A				2Vl		Bc	incomplete
201		Dramma per musica	1729	1729	SATTBB		3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob Oa	2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
202			1718?	1718	S			Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
203		unknown	1718-1719	1751	B					Cemb		secular (in Italian)	♫
204		unknown	1727?	1727	S			Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
205		Dramma per musica	1725	3 Aug 1725	SATB	SATB	2Co 3Tr Ti Tb	2Ft 2Ob Oa	2Vl Va Vg Vm		Bc	secular	♫
205a		Dramma per musica	1734?	19 Feb 1734	SATB	SATB						music lost
206		Birthday	1736	7 Oct 1736	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	3Ft 2Ob 2Oa	2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
207		Dramma per musica	1726	1726	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ot	2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
207a		Dramma per musica	1735?	3 Aug 1735	SATB	SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ot	2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
208			1713	1713	SSTB	SATB	2Cc	2Fl 2Ob Ot Fg	2Vl Va Vc		Bc	Hunting cantata	♫
208a		Birthday	1742	3 Aug 1742								music lost
209		unknown	1729	1729	S			Ft	2Vl Va		Bc	secular (in Italian)	♫
210			1740?	1740	S			Ft Oa	2Vl Va Vn		Bc	secular	♫
210a		Homage cantata	1729	12 Jan 1729	S			Ft Oa	2Vl Va Vn		Bc	incomplete	♫
211			1735?	1735	STB			Ft	2Vl Va	Cemb		Coffee cantata	♫
212			1742	30 Aug 1742	SB		Co	Ft	2Vl Va	Cemb		Peasant cantata	♫
213	Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213 (Herkules auf dem Scheideweg)	Birthday	1733	5 Sep 1733	SATB	SATB	2Cc	2Ob Oa	2Vl 2Va		Bc	secular	♫
214		Birthday	1733	8 Dec 1733	SATB	SATB	2Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob Oa	2Vl Va Vc Vn		Bc	secular	♫
215		Anniversary of election	1734	5 Oct 1734	STB	SATB SATB	3Tr Ti	2Ft 2Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc	secular	♫
216			1728	5 Feb 1728	SA							fragment
216a			1728?	1728								music lost
217				1751	SATB	SATB		Ft	2Vl Va		Bc	?	♫
218				1751	SATB	SATB	2Co		2Vl Va		Bc		♫
219				1751	SAB	SATB	2Tr		2Vl Va		Bc		♫
220				1751	ATB	SATB		Ft 2Ob	2Vl Va		Bc	?	♫
221				1751				Fg	Vs 2Vl Va Vc	Org		?
222				1751	SAB	SATB			2Vl Va	Org
223				1751								Johann Ernst Bach?
224				1751								fragment
244a			1729	1729								music lost
249a		Birthday	1725	23 Feb 1725	SATB		3Tr Ti	2Fl Ft 2Ob Fg	2Vl Va		Bc	Shepherds' cantata
249b				1751	SATB							secular; music lost
1045			1743-1746?			SATB?	3Tr Ti	2Ob	Vl (solo) 2Vl Va		Bc	Sinfonia, probably for a lost cantata	♫
1083			1743?	1743?	SA				2Vl Va		Bc	based on Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
1127			1713	1751	S				2Vl Va		Bc
Anh. 1				1751	SATB			2Ft	2Vl Va		Bc	music lost
Anh. 2				1751								music lost
Anh. 3			1730	25 Aug 1730								music lost
Anh. 4			1726?	1726								music lost
Anh. 4a			1730	27 Jun 1730								music lost
Anh. 5			1718	1718								music lost
Anh. 6			1720	1720								music lost
Anh. 7			1720	1720								music lost
Anh. 8			1723	1 Jan 1723								music lost
Anh. 9			1727	12 May 1727								music lost
Anh. 10				1751								music lost
Anh. 11			1732	3 Aug 1732								music lost
Anh. 12			1733	3 Aug 1733								music lost
Anh. 13			1738	28 Apr 1738								music lost
Anh. 14			1725	12 Feb 1725								music lost
Anh. 15				1751	SATB		3Tr Ti	2Ob	2Vl Va	Cemb		music lost
Anh. 16				1751								music lost
Anh. 17				1751	SATB			2Oa Fg	2Vl Va		Bc	music lost
Anh. 18				1751	SATB	SATB						music lost
Anh. 19				1751	SATB	SATB						music lost
Anh. 20				1751	SATB							music lost
Anh. 21					S			Fl	Vl	Org
Anh. 190				1751								music lost
Anh. 191				1751								music lost
Anh. 192				1751								music lost
Anh. 193			1740	29 Aug 1740								music lost
Anh. 194				1751								music lost
Anh. 195				1751								music lost
Anh. 196				1751								music lost
Anh. 197				1751								music lost
Anh. 199				1751								music lost
Anh. 209				1751								music lost
Anh. 210			1734	4 Oct 1734								music lost
Anh. 211			1729	18 Jan 1729								music lost
			1729	26 Jul 1729								music lost

Literature

• BWV Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998
• NBA Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Bärenreiter, 1954 to 2007
• Z. Philip Ambrose Texts of the Complete Vocal Works with English Translation and Commentary University of Vermont 2005–2011
• Walter F. Bischof. The Bach Cantatas University of Alberta 2003–2010
• Alfred Dürr: Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kantaten. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, (in German)
• Alfred Dürr: The Cantatas of J.S. Bach, Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Werner Neumann: Handbuch der Kantaten J.S.Bachs, 1947, 5th ed. 1984,
• Martin Petzold: Bach-Kommentar. Theologisch-musikwissenschaftliche Kommentierung der geistlichen Vokalwerke Johann Sebastian Bachs.
  • Vol. I: Die geistlichen Kantaten des 1. bis 27. Trinitatis-Sonntages, Kassel/Stuttgart 2004.
  • Vol. II: Die geistlichen Kantaten vom 1. Advent bis zum Trinitatisfest, Kassel/Stuttgart 2007.
  • Vol. III in preparation.
• Reginald Lane Poole. "A List of Church Cantatas in Presumed Order of Production" pp. 131–138 in Sebastian Bach. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882.
• Hans-Joachim Schulze: Die Bach-Kantaten: Einführungen zu sämtlichen Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs Leipzig: Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig) (EVA), (in German)
• Craig Smith: programme notes, Emmanuel Music
• Charles Sanford Terry. "Appendix II: The Church Cantatas Arranged Chronologically", pp. 163–224 in Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work. Translated from the German of Johann Nikolaus Forkel. With notes and appendices. London: Constable; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe. 1920. (e-version at Gutenberg.org)
• Christoph Wolff/Ton Koopman: Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten Verlag J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006 (in German)
• Philippe and Gérard Zwang. Guide pratique des cantates de Bach. Second revised and augmented edition. L'Harmattan, 2005.

External links

• Bach Cantatas Website
• Numerical and alphabetical lists of cantatas by J. S. Bach (1685-1750) and various related works