Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Coffee Cantata) BWV 211; BC G 48^GND

Other catalogues

NV 1790, S. 70 [5]

Genre

Secular cantata

Designation of a cantata

unknown purpose

Scoring

S* (Liesgen), T* (Erzähler), B* (Schlendrian), Fl trav, 2 Vl, Va, Cemb, Bc

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Date of origin

Mitte 1734

Early performances

7 April 1739 (Link to event)
in Frankfurt/Main

Comment

Wiederaufführung durch C. P. E. Bach in Frankfurt/Oder 1734–1738 (Stimmensatz); Wiederaufführung 7. April 1739 in Frankfurt/Main durch einen "fremden Musicus" (Dok V Nr. 442a). In der autogr. Partitur Skizze zu Satz 8 (NBA Suppl., S. 222f., P. Wollny, 2011)

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Libretto

Picander ("Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte. Dritter Theil.", Leipzig 1732); mvts. 1-8: Über den Caffe; mvts. 9 and 10 added (by C. F. Henrici?)
Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 141 [Score, Sketch]
A-Wn SA.67.B.32 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

A-Wn SA.67.B.32 1 Mus A/Bach, J. S./1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 142 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 854 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1053 [Score]
D-LEm Becker III.3.5 [Erstdruck] [Score]
D-LEm Becker III.3.6 [Druck] [Score]
Verschollen BWV 211, C. S. Gähler [Score]
Verschollen BWV 211, J. C. L. Kittel (identisch mit D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 142) [Score]
Verschollen BWV 211 (2), Dehn [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 81 [Part(s)]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 635 [Part(s)]

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Edition

BG 29, S.141 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1881);

NBA I/40, S. 193 (Werner Neumann, 1969) – Critical report (1970), S. 165

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2022-02-16 : 12:04:06