BWV Number
Bach wrote more than 200 cantatas, of which many have survived. In the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), Wolfgang Schmieder assigned them each a number within the groups 1–200 sacred cantatas, 201–216 secular cantatas, 217–224 cantatas where Bach's authorship is doubtful. Since Schmieder's designation, several of the cantatas he thought authentic have been downgraded to "spurious." However, the spurious cantatas retain their BWV numbers. The List of Bach cantatas is organized by BWV number, but sortable by other criteria.
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