List of Bach cantatas by liturgical function

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This is a list of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach in order of their intended use in the Lutheran liturgical calendar. The name of each cantata is followed by its BWV number and the date of its first performance, insofar as it can be determined.

Roman numerals refer to the position of the given Sunday with respect to a feast day or season. For example, "Advent III" is the third Sunday in Advent and "Trinity V" is the fifth Sunday after Trinity.

Advent

Four Sundays before Christmas through Christmas Eve. The Leipzig 'tempus clausum' did not permit the performance of cantatas in church from Advent II to Advent IV, hence all cantatas from these Sundays date from Bach's Weimar time, though many were reworked for different days, so that they could be performed in Leipzig.

Advent I

Advent II

Advent III

Advent IV

Christmas

Christmas Day through Epiphany

Christmas (25 December)

Second Day of Christmas (26 December)

Third Day of Christmas (27 December)

Christmas I

New Year's Day (1 January)

New Year I

Epiphany (6 January)

Ordinary Time

First Sunday after Epiphany through Ash Wednesday.

Epiphany I

Epiphany II

Epiphany III

Epiphany IV

Purification (2 February)

Septuagesima

Sexagesima

Quinquagesima (Estomihi)

Lent

Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday. The Leipzig 'tempus clausum' did not permit the performance of cantatas in church during Lent.

Lent III

Annunciation/Palm Sunday

Easter

The Easter Vigil through Pentecost Sunday.

Easter Sunday

Easter Monday

Easter Tuesday

Easter I (Quasimodogeniti)

Easter II (Misericordias Domini)

Easter III (Jubilate)

Easter IV (Cantate)

Easter V (Rogate)

Ascension

Ascension I (Exaudi)

Pentecost (Whit Sunday)

Ordinary Time

Monday after Pentecost through the Saturday before Advent.

Pentecost Monday (Whit Monday)

Pentecost Tuesday (Whit Tuesday)

Trinity Sunday

Trinity I

Trinity II

Trinity III

Trinity IV

Trinity V

Trinity VI

Trinity VII

Trinity VIII

Trinity IX

Trinity X

Trinity XI

Trinity XII

Trinity XIII

Trinity XIV

Trinity XV

Trinity XVI

Trinity XVII

Trinity XVIII

Trinity XIX

Trinity XX

Trinity XXI

Trinity XXII

Trinity XXIII

Trinity XXIV

Trinity XXV

Trinity XXVI

Trinity XXVII

Fixed festivals

St. John's Day (24 June)

Visitation (2 July)

St. Michael's Day (29 September)

Sacred cantatas for occasions outside of the liturgical year

Use unknown or in doubt

See also



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