Vox populi education. With increasing public familiarity with the term, several radio and television programs have been named "vox pop" in allusion to this practice. The Latin phrase (), 'The voice of the people [is] the voice of God', is an old proverb. An early reference to the expression is in a letter from Alcuin to Charlemagne in 798. The full quotation from Alcuin reads: English translation: This passage indicates that already by the end of the eighth century the phrase had become an aphorism of political common wisdom. Writing in the early 12th century, William of Malmesbury refers to the saying
Vox Christi cantata cycle (1723–1724): Bach uses the Vox Christi in several cantatas of his second cycle (1724–1725): The last four of these were on a libretto by Christiana Mariana von Ziegler From Bach's third cantata cycle (1725–1726): Later additions to the chorale cantata cycle: In one of the other late church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach: Some basses and baritones are especially known for singing the words of Jesus in Bach's Passions, including: Vox Christi Vox Christi, Latin for Voice of Christ, is a setting of Jesus' words in a vocal work such as a Passion, an Oratorium or a Cantata.