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Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantata no. 211: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV.211, "Coffee Cantata"

BWV 211 Vocal

Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be still, stop chattering), BWV 211, also known as the Coffee Cantata, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it probably between 1732 and 1735. Although classified as a cantata, it is essentially a miniature comic opera. In a satirical commentary, the cantata amusingly tells of an addiction to coffee.

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Movements

  1. Recitativo (Tenor) "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht"
  2. Aria (Bass) "Hat man nicht mit seinen Kindern"
  3. Recitativo (Bass, Sopran) "Du böses Kind, du loses Mädchen"
  4. Aria (Sopran) "Ei, wie schmeckt der Coffee süße"
  5. Recitativo (Bass, Sopran) "Wenn du mir nicht den Coffee läßt"
  6. Aria (Bass) "Mädchen, die von harten Sinnen"
  7. Recitativo (Bass, Sopran) "Nun folge, was dein Vater spricht"
  8. Aria (Sopran) "Heute noch, lieber Vater, tut es doch"
  9. Recitativo (Tenor) "Nun geht und sucht der alte Schlendrian"
  10. Chorus (Sopran, Tenor, Bass) "Die Katze läßt das Mausen nicht"

Elsewhere

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