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B Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685 - 1750 · Baroque

Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208

BWV Jagdkantate
Baroque F major Cantatas Secular cantatas 30 minutes

Dedicated to 31st of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels (1st version); of Duke August of Weimar (2nd version); Nameday of the Saxon elector, Friedrich August II (3rd version).

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Composed
1713 in Weimar
First published
1881 (BGA)
Period
Baroque
Catalogue
BWV
Dedication
31st of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels (1st version); of Duke August of Weimar (2nd version); Nameday of the Saxon elector, Friedrich August II (3rd version)
Movements
15

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15 movements:; Recitative (Diana): Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! ; Aria (Diana): Jagen ist die Lust der Götter; Recitative (Endymion): Wie, schönste Göttin? wie?; Aria (Endymion): Willst du dich nicht mehr ergetzen; Recitative (Diana): Ich liebe dich zwar noch!; Recitative (Pan): Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott; Aria (Pan): Ein Fürst ist seines Landes Pan; Recitative (Pales): Soll dann der Pales Opfer hier das letzte sein?; Aria (Pales): Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze); Recitative (Diana): So stimmt mit ein; Chorus: Lebe, Sonne dieser Erden; Aria (Diana, Endymion): Entzucket uns beide, ihr Strahlen der Freude; Aria (Pales, Endymion): Weil die wollenreichen Heerden; Aria (Pan): Ihr Felder und Auen; Chorus: Ihr lieblichste Blicke, ihr freudige Stunden

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