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B Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685 - 1750 · Baroque

Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister, BWV 181

BWV Scatterbrained and Shallow People
Baroque E minor
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Composed
1724 in Leipzig, rev. 1743-46
First published
1891 (BGA)
Period
Baroque
Catalogue
BWV
Dedication
Movements
5

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5 movements:; Aria (bass): Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister; Recitative (alto): O unglückselger Stand verkehrter Seelen; Aria (tenor): Der schädlichen Dornen unendliche Zahl; Recitative (soprano): Von diesen wird die Kraft erstickt; Chorale: Laß, Höchster, uns zu allen Zeiten

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