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B Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685 - 1750 · Baroque

Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft, BWV 205

BWV Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus ; Destroy, burst, shatter the tomb
Baroque Cantatas Secular cantatas 37 minutes

Dedicated to August Friedrich Müller (Students of Leipzig University commission).

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Composed
1725 in Leipzig
First published
1862 (BGA)
Period
Baroque
Catalogue
BWV
Dedication
August Friedrich Müller (Students of Leipzig University commission)
Movements
15

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15 movements:; Chorus: Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus; Recitative (bass): Ja! ja! Die Stunden sind nunmehro nah; Aria (bass): Wie will ich lustig lachen; Recitative (tenor): Gefürcht'ter Aeolus; Aria (tenor): Frische Schatten, meine Freude; Recitative (bass): Beinahe wirst du mich bewegen; Aria (alto): Können nicht die roten Wangen; Duet recitative (alto, soprano): So willst du, grimmger Aeolus; Aria (soprano): Angenehmer Zephyrus; Duet recitative (soprano, bass): Mein Aeolus; Aria (bass): Zurücke, zurücke, geflügelten Winde; Trio recitative (soprano, alto, tenor): Was Lust!; Duet aria (alto, tenor): Zweig und Äste; Recitative (soprano): Ja, ja! ich lad euch selbst zu dieser Feier ein; Chorus: Vivat August

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