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Although the term Bachkantate (Bach cantata) became very familiar, Bach himself used the title Cantata rarely in his manuscripts, but in Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 he wrote Cantata à Voce Sola e Stromenti (Cantata for solo voice and instruments). Another cantata termed Cantata by Bach is Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84. Typically, he began a heading with the Abbreviation J.J. (Jesu Juva, Jesus, help), followed by the name of the celebration, the beginning of the words and the instrumentation, for example in Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191.
Bach signed his cantatas with SDG, short for "Soli Deo Gloria" ("To the only God glory").
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