Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Coffee Cantata) BWV 211; BC G 48 GND
- Other catalogues
- NV 1790, S. 70 [5]
- Genre
- Secular cantata
- Scoring
- S* (Liesgen), T* (Erzähler), B* (Schlendrian), Fl trav, 2 Vl, Va, Cemb, Bc
- Date of origin, Work history
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Mitte 1734
Date of composition mid-1734. Subsequent performance by C. P. E. Bach in Frankfurt/Oder from 1734 to 1738 (part-setting); further performance possibly on April 7, 1739, in Frankfurt/Main by an unknown musician (Dok V Nr. 442a; or another composition with the same text) - Early performances
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(Link to event)
in Frankfurt/Main - Introduction to the work
- Link to videos:
- Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Kaffee-Kantate), BWV 211 (Netherlands Bach Society)
- Libretto
- C. F. Henrici. Text print: Picander first print 1732, page 564 (Über den Caffe, movement 1–8). Author of movement 9–10 unknown (Henrici?)
Link to lyrics
- Original sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 141 [Score, Sketch]
A-Wn SA.67.B.32 [Part(s)]
- Additional sources
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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)]
- Edition
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BG 29, S.141 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1881);
NBA I/40, S. 193 (Werner Neumann, 1969) – Critical report (1970), S. 165
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000267
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000267
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- Last changed
- 2023-08-27 : 11:54:53
