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German composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Thuringia in 1685. Born into a large musical family, he was the youngest child of string player Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elisabeth Lämmerhirt. His parents died when he was ten, and he was cared for by his eldest brother until he won a choral scholarship to the school at Michaelskirche, Lüneburg in 1700. This appears to have influenced his interest in church music and the organ. In August 1703 he was appointed as the organist for the Neue Kirche in Arnstadt, although his eccentricities gave his employers some cause for complaint. In June 1707 Bach moved to the Blasiuskirche in Mühlhausen, Thuringia, marrying his cousin, Maria Barbara, in October that same year. During this time he produced several church cantatas.
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Cantatas Nos. 47-50, by J. S. Bach. Volume XV. Full score.
Cantata No. 47: "Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden".
Cantata No. 48: "Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen".
Cantata No. 49: "Ich geh' und siche mit Verlangen".
Cantata No. 50: "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft".
Published by Edwin F. Kalmus, New York.
In the series: Kalmus Study Scores, No. 819.