Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The lively hunt is all my heart's desire), BWV 208, also known as the Hunting Cantata, is a secular cantata composed in 1713 by Johann Sebastian Bach for the 31st birthday of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels on 23 February 1713. The aria "Schafe können sicher weiden" ("Sheep May Safely Graze"), is the most familiar part of this cantata. A performance lasts about forty minutes.
| Librettist | Salomo Franck (1659–1725) |
| Date of composition | 1713 |
| Premiered | February 1713 in Weißenfels, Germany |
| First published | 1881 |
| Type | Secular Cantata |
| Tonality | F Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 208/1 |
| Instruments |
4x
Voice
Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd en fa majeur, BWV 208/1 "Jagdkantate (Hunt Cantata)" Johann Sebastian Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd in fa maggiore, BWV 208/1 "Jagdkantate (Hunt Cantata)" Johann Sebastian Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd F-dur, BWV 208/1 "Jagdkantate (Hunt Cantata)" |