Title: Excellent resource!
Review: Alfred Dürr's _The Cantatas of J. S. Bach_ is the top choice in research materials for work in Bach's cantata masterpieces. This text was the first choice of all my professors when I asked about resources for my doctoral research project. I have now used it to work on several significant papers as well as to prepare program notes for concerts that I have conducted of Bach's cantatas. The information contained is scholarly sound and also is beautifully expressive of the human response to these vocal works. Each cantata entry contains information on text translation, instrumentation, movement keys, source origin and general analysis of the most significant musical and textual features of the works. Introductory essays articulately describe the context of these compositions' creations. This text is a must-have for scholars, students, conductors, singers, teachers and all those love Bach's works.
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