Coffee Cantata
Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be quiet, do not chat), BWV 211 (1734), also known as the ‘Coffee Cantata’, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Classified as a cantata, it is essentially a miniature comic opera. In a satirical commentary, the cantata amusingly tells of an addiction to coffee. Although coffee was already … Continue reading Coffee Cantata
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