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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]
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]
"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.
Bach's earliest cantatas are church cantatas, although his early Wedding Quodlibet is sometimes grouped with the secular cantatas. [11] [12] The oldest extant secular cantata is from his Weimar period where he composed the Hunting Cantata (BWV 208, first version) for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels on 23 February 1713.
Bach composed the first version of his secular cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (Hunting Cantata) for performance on 23 February 1713.
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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BWV 207.2 [6] (previously 207a) – Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten (secular cantata) [14] 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 ...