The Bach Cantatas Website celebrates its 3rd anniversary
The Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) was launched in its current form and
address on December 30, 2000.
The BCW is located at: http://www.bach-cantatas.com
This a comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas
and his other vocal works. Contains discussions and detailed discographies
of each cantata and other vocal works, performers and general topics.
The BCW also includes texts and translations, scores, music examples,
articles and interviews, and short biographies of more than 1,600
performers of Bach vocal works (singers, conductors, vocal and instrumental
groups). There are also other relevant resources such as a discussion
of the Lutheran church year, reviews and discussions of Bach's non-vocal
works, terms and abbreviations, schedule of concerts of Bach's vocal
works, guide to Bach tour, hundreds of links to other relevant resources.
The BCW is an international collective project, being compiled from
various postings about the subject, most of which have been sent to the
Bach Cantatas Mailing List.
I would like to use this opportunity to thank the numerous contributors
to the discussions in the BCML, BRML, Bach_Cantatas ML, Beginners Bach
and some other lists, whose messages are compiled into the pages of the
BCW. Their names are mentioned accordingly above each quoted message.
I would also like to thank the many Bach lovers who have sent me material
to be included in the BCW, such as articles, translation of the cantatas'
texts, details of recordings, short biographies, photos, links to other
sites, etc. Their names are mentioned accordingly in the relevant pages.
There have been many improvements & additions to the BCW last year. I
would not like to repeat them here. If you are interested, please take
a look at: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/Newsletter-2003.htm A
very important change was moving to a new server. The additional space
allowed me to add scores and music examples. The number of visits at
the BCW has been grown up significantly. During the last two months the
number of DAILY visits is about 4,000. More statistics of the BCW can
be found at: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Statistics.htm
I am encouraged by the positive feedback the BCW is getting from
all over the world. Many of the feedback messages can be read in
the following pages:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/About-2000.htm
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/About-2001.htm
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/About-2002.htm
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/About-2003.htm
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/About-2004.htm
I continue to look forward to receiving your comments (corrections,
suggestions, improvements, etc.) about the Website. The instructions
how to send me comments, appear in the following page:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/How.htm
I wish you all another Great and Happy Bach Year,
Aryeh Oron
Bach and Jazz Music Fan
WebMaster of Bach Cantatas Website: http://www.bach-cantatas.com
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