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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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht en sol majeur, BWV 211 "Kaffee-Kantate (Coffee Cantata)"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht in sol maggiore, BWV 211 "Kaffee-Kantate (Coffee Cantata)"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht G-dur, BWV 211 "Kaffee-Kantate (Coffee Cantata)"