Woman's Voice in Baroque Music: Mariane von Ziegler and J.S. Bach

At the end of his second year in Leipzig, J S Bach composed nine sacred cantatas to texts by Leipzig poet Mariane von Ziegler (1695-1760). This work deals with issues of women in music in relation to Bach, and studies the repertory of Bach's sacred cantatas. It provides a perspective on both Ziegler as poet and cantata librettist.