Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft (Destroy, burst, shatter the tomb) or Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus (The contented Aeolus), BWV 205.1, BWV 205, is a secular cantata or dramma per musica by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was written for the name day of August Friedrich Müller, and was first performed on 3 August 1725. The libretto by Picander is based on Greek mythology.

Librettist Christian Friedrich Henrici (1700–1764) (also as Picander)
Date of composition 1725
Premiered 1725, August 3rd in Leipzig, Germany
First published 1862
Dedicated to dramma per musica, for the birthday of Professor Augustus Friedrich Müller; (Students of Leipzig University commission) parts re-used in BWV 205a
Type Secular Cantata
Tonality D Major
Catalogue BWV 205
Instruments 4x Voice
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft en ré majeur, BWV 205 "Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft in re maggiore, BWV 205 "Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft D-dur, BWV 205 "Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus"