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Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The lively hunt is all my heart's desire), BWV 208.1, BWV 208, [1] also known as the Hunting Cantata, is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, belatedly for the birthday of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels on 27 February 1713. [1] A performance lasts about forty minutes.
"Sheep may safely graze" (German: Schafe können sicher weiden) is a soprano aria by Johann Sebastian Bach to words by Salomon Franck.The piece was written in 1713 and is part of the cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (Only the lively hunt pleases me), also known as the Hunting Cantata.
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The merry hunt is all that I love), BWV 208.2 and 208.3 both also BWV 208a, are later versions of Johann Sebastian Bach's Hunting Cantata, BWV 208.1, BWV 208. [1]
208: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208: ... SATB: 2Cc: 2Fl 2Ob Ot Fg: 2Vl Va Vc: Bc: Hunting cantata ♫ 208a: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd ...
BWV 208: Was mir behagt ist nur die muntre Jagd (includes BWV 1040) BWV 134a: Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht; BWV 173a: Durchlauchtster Leopold; Music lost, only described: [24] BWV 249a: Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen; BWV 66a: Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück; BWV Anh. 6: Dich loben die lieblichen Strahlen der ...
BWV 208 – Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd a.k.a. Hunting Cantata (secular cantata): [14] BWV 208.1 [6] (previously 208) – Weißenfels version; BWV 208.2 [6] (previously 208a) – Weimar version; BWV 208.3 [6] (previously 208a) – Leipzig version; BWV 209 – Non sa che sia dolore (secular cantata) [14] BWV 210:
He wrote the text for Bach's earliest secular cantata (1713), Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd in which, following the custom of the day, he drew upon mythological characters. [1] The cantata was composed for the 31st birthday celebration of Duke Christian of Sachsen-Weissenfels.
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