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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Be quiet, chatter not BWV 211

"Coffee Cantata" Bärenreiter Urtext

3 voices (STB), Flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

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3 voices (STB), Flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Product Type
Harpsichord (orchestral part)
Author / Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Editor
Werner Neumann
Product number
444410
Release Year
2006

Description

The Coffee Cantata (BA 10211) and the Peasant Cantata (BA 10212) both on librettos by Picander , are among the best-known and most frequently performed of Bach’s secular cantatas.

Written in or around 1733, the Coffee Cantata deals humorously with the importance of the newly fashionable beverage. This is demonstrated in the soprano aria “Ah, how sweet the coffee tastes, lovelier than a thousand kisses, milder than Muscatel”.

The Peasant Cantata of 1742, Bach’s last datable cantata, is a mu...