• Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd [3rd version]

BWV 208.3; BWV 208a; BC [G 27]

Genre

• Secular cantata

Designation of a cantata

• Saint's day

Scoring

• unknown; probably: Solo: S I (Diana), S II (Pales), T (Endymion), B (Pan), [S I, S II, T, B,] Corno da caccia I, Corno da caccia II, Recorder I, Recorder II, Oboe I, Oboe II, Taille, Bassono, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Violoncello, Basso continuo (+ Violone grosso)

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Early performances

1742-03-08, Leipzig (Link to event)

Comment

• The music of this 3rd version can only be found in BWV 208. Presumably the settings of BWV 208 and 208a correspond.
  Text: slight reworking of the text by Franck (BWV 208.1) for the new purpose (author unknown)

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Libretto

• unknown
  Salomon Franck (1659–1725)

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 42, Faszikel 3 [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/37, -- (Werner Neumann, 1961) – Critical report (1961), S. 91

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000263

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000263

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2022-05-23 03:23:10