Bach, Johann Sebastian : Be quiet, chatter not

The Coffee Cantata (BA 10211) and the Peasant Cantata (BA 10212) both on librettos by Picander , are among the best-known and most frequently performed of Bachís secular cantatas.

Written in or around 1733, the Coffee Cantata deals humorously with the importance of the newly fashionable beverage. This is demonstrated in the soprano aria ìAh, how sweet the coffee tastes, lovelier than a thousand kisses, milder than Muscatelî.

The Peasant Cantata of 1742, Bachís last datable cantata, is a musical description of folk life.

It was composed as a tribute to Picanderís superior, Carl Heinrich von Dieskau , who had inherited the family estate in 1742.

Both cantatas reveal Bachís mastery in their unusual subject-matter, formal design, and musical workmanship. Now they appear in separate editions based on the ìNew Bach Editionî with straightforward and easy-to-play piano reductions by Andreas Kˆhs.

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The Coffee Cantata and the Peasant Cantata both with librettos by Picander , are among the best-known and most frequently performed of Bachís secular cantatas. Both cantatas reveal Bachís mastery in their unusual subject matter, formal design, and musical workmanship. Now they appear in separate editions based on the New Bach Edition with straightforward and easy-to-play piano reductions.

– Urtext of the ìNew Bach Editionî
– Straightforward and easy-to-play piano reduction