cantata
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The cantata is based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tale of an Ojibwe warrior in what is now Michigan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
In 2004, a Bach cantata that had been lost for decades was rediscovered in the papers of Japanese pianist Chieko Hara.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
Orff was never a member of the Nazi party himself, but it’s unclear how cozy he was with the people who first embraced his cantata.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
The melancholy of Bach’s cantata hides a deeper contentment.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023
In the cantata the tune represented a tragic Muslim Princess, Erminia, during the Crusades.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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