Periods of Cantata Composition
The following lists of works (some marked as questioned) relies mainly on "Alfred Dürr: Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach". Usually the cantatas appear in the year of their first performance, sometimes also for later performances, then in brackets.
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