Excerpt from Texts of the Choral Works of Johann Sebastian Bach in English Translation, Vol. 3: Passions, Oratorios, Motets, Secular and Unpublished Cantatas and Songs The present volume includes the text of all the vocal works of Bach, With German texts, other than the 199 Church Cantatas contained in Volumes I and II. I have not translated the works With Latin texts, believing that these are best sung with the familiar and very singable Latin words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.