THE BACH CANTATAS and Other States of Mind

THE BACH CANTATAS and Other States of Mind

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SCRIPTURAL ACCLAMATION for a new town council - Bach: Cantata 71

SCRIPTURAL ACCLAMATION for a new town council - Bach: Cantata 71

Commentary No. 34 of The Bach Cantatas

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This early cantata, from 1708, when Bach was 22, was composed for the February 4th Ratswechsel, the installation of the Mühlhausen Town Council at the town’s main church, the Marienkirche, thus occur…

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