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Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208
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Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 Congratulatory Cantata for the Birthday of Duke Christian of Saxony-Weißenfels and of Duke Ernst August of Saxony-Weimar by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music

By Johann Sebastian Bach
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Singing voice, Mixed choir-SATB, orchestra (Vocal, Mixed choir (SATB), Orchestra) - Level 4

SKU: BA.BA10208

Congratulatory Cantata for the Birthday of Duke Christian of Saxony-Weißenfels and of Duke Ernst August of Saxony-Weimar. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Alfred Durr. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Score. BWV 208. Duration 38 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10208. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10208).

ISBN 9790006491773. 12.2 x 9.57 inches. Language: German. Preface: Dürr, Alfred.

The hunting cantata, the earliest secular cantata of Bach's which has come down to us, was performed for the birthday of Duke Christian of Saxony-Weissenfels (23February) - according to most recent research very probably in the year 1713. It was later performed again for the birthday of Duke Ernst August of Saxony-Weimar (the co-regent of Duke Wilhelm Ernst).

Bach's score employs taut musical forms; noteworthy - and entirely characteristic of Bach's early style - is the dominant role of the continuo in recitatives and arias. The setting is in chamnber music style.

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