ABBREVIATIONS and SIGNS

A = Alto

Anh. = Anhang (Supplement)

B = Bass

BG = Bach-Gesamtausgabe, published by the Bachgesellschaft, 1851-1899.

BJ = Bach-Jahrbuch, published by the Neue Bachgesellschaft (Leipzig, 1904ff.)

BWV = Wolfgang Schmieder, Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der Werke Joh. Seb. Bachs (Leipzig, 1950)

[Dictum] = A Biblical text which provides a principal theme or idea of a cantata.   This indication is not used for the Evangelist's Biblical narrative in the Passions or in such works as the Christmas Oratorio.

Dürr = Alfred Dürr, Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach (Kassel, 1971)

Facs = Facsimile

Fischer-Tümpel = Albert Fischer and W. Tümpel, Das deutsche evangelische Kirchenlied des 17. Jahrhunderts (Gütersloh, 1904-1916; reprint, Hildesheim:  Georg Olms, 1960), Vols. I-VI

Krit. Bericht = Kritischer Bericht (see NBA)

NBA = Johann Sebastian Bach,  Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, published by the Johann-Sebastian-Bach- Institut Göttigen and by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig (Kassel and Leipzig, 1954ff.)

NBG = Publications of the Neue Bachgesellschaft

Neumann Hb= Werner Neumann, Handbuch der Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs, 4th rev. ed. (Leipzig, 1971)

Neumann T = Werner Neumann, Sämtliche von Johann Sebastian Bach vertonte Texte (Leipzig, 1974)

OP = Originalpartitur (Original Score)

OSt = Originalstimmen (Original Parts)

PT = Printed Text

S = Soprano

Spitta = Philipp Spitta, Johann Sebastian Bach (Leipzig, 1873 and 1880); translated by Clara Bell and J. A. Fuller-Maitland (London, 1899; reprint New York: Dover, 1951).

T = Tenor

[Verse] = Movement in a chorale cantata based upon more than one movement of the same hymn.  The number of the verse will be indicated, e.g. [Verse 6].

Wackernagel =  Carl Eduard Philipp Wackernagel, Das Deutsche Kirchenlied  (Leipzig, 1862-1877;  reprint, Hildesheim:  Georg Olms, 1964), Vols. I-IV.

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BIBLICAL ABBREVIATIONS

Acts = The Acts
Am. = Amos
1 Chr. = 1 Chronicles
2 Chr. = 2 Chronicles
Col. = Colossians
1 Cor. = 1 Corinthians
Dan. = Daniel
Dt. = Deuteronomy
Ec. = Ecclesiastes
Ecclus. = Ecclesiasticus
Eph. = Ephesians
Est. = Esther
Ex. = Exodus
Ezek. = Ezekiel
Ezra = Ezra
Gal. = Galatians
Gen. = Genesis
Hab. = Habakkuk
Hag. = Haggai
Heb. = Hebrews
Hos. = Hosea
Is. = Isaiah
Jas. = James
Jer. = Jeremiah
Jg. = Judges
Jl. = Joel
Jn. = John
1 Jn. = 1 John
2 Jn. = 2 John
3 Jn. = 3 John
Job = Job
Jon. = Jonah
Jos. = Joshua
Jude = Jude
1 Kg. = 1 Kings
2 Kg. = 2 Kings
Lam. = Lamentations
Lev. = Leviticus
Lk. = Luke
Mal. = Malachi
Mic. = Micah
Mk. = Mark
Mt. = Matthew
Nah. = Nahum
Neh. = Nehemiah
Num. = Numbers
Ob. = Obadiah
1 Pet. = 1 Peter
2 Pet. = 2 Peter
Phil. = Philippians
Philem. = Philemon
Pr. = Proverbs
Ps. = Psalms
Rev. = Revelation
Rom. = Romans
Ru. = Ruth
1 Sam. = 1 Samuel
2 Sam. = 2 Samuel
S. of S. = Song of Solomon
1 Th. = 1 Thessalonians
2 Th. = 2 Thessalonians
1 Tim. = 1 Timothy
2 Tim. = 2 Timothy
Tit. = Titus
Zech. = Zechariah
Zeph. = Zephaniah