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.
Librettist | "Picander" = pseud. Christian Friedrich Henrici (1700–1764) |
Date of composition | 1734 (1732-1734) |
Premiered | 1734 in Leipzig, Germany |
First published | 1837 |
Type | Secular Cantata |
Tonality | G Major |
Catalogue | BWV 211 |
Instruments |
3x
Voice
Orchestra |
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