What I like is only the lively hunt
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| What I like is only the lively hunt | |
| BWV: | 208 |
| Occasion: | Princely birthday party |
| Year of origin: | 1713 |
| Place of origin: | Weimar |
| Genus: | Congratulatory cantata |
| Solo : | SI / II , T , B |
| Choir: | S, A, T, B |
| Instruments : | Cor I / II , Fl I / II , Ob I / II , Waistle, Fg , Vc , Str, Bc |
| AD : | approx. 39 min |
| text | |
| Salomon Franck | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
What I like is only the lively hunt ( BWV 208), also known as the “Jagdkantata”, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach .
Emergence
The cantata was composed in 1713 on the occasion of Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels' 31st birthday as festive table music, which was played in the Jägerhof in Weißenfels in the evening after an extensive hunting event by the Prince of Neuchâtel Castle .
Subject
The libretto is by Salomon Franck . The poet refers to classical mythology in the text: Diana , the goddess of the hunt ( soprano ), Endymion ( tenor ) as well as Pan ( bass ) and Pales (soprano) praise Prince Christian.
occupation
- 2 sopranos, tenor, bass in the person assigned above
- Orchestra with hunting horn I / II, oboe I / II, tenor oboe (waist), bassoon , recorder I / II, violin I / II, viola , basso continuo
The extent to which the choir can be cast multiple times is not clear from the autograph score. The original voice material is no longer available.
particularities
It is the oldest known secular cantata by Bach. In addition, it is Bach's first known work for a larger orchestra and is the first evidence of the composer's collaboration with the poet Salomon Franck. It consists of a sequence of 15 rather short recitatives , arias and choirs that are relatively freely designed, i.e. H. in many cases do not correspond to the form scheme customary at the time. The hunting character of the music is emphasized by the use of two horns . The pastoral aria of the Pales Sheep can safely graze , accompanied by two recorders , is the most famous movement far beyond the cantata itself.
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of JS Bach's Cantatas , 1947, 5th edition 1984, ISBN 3-7651-0054-4
- Hans-Joachim Schulze: The Bach Cantatas: Introductions to all of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas . Leipzig: Evangelical publishing company; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig) ISBN 3-374-02390-8 (Evang. Verl.-Anst.), ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Carus-Verl.)
- Christoph Wolff , Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006, ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
Web links
Digitized
Sheet music and audio files
- Score : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
Further information
- Source description of the original score , source database RISM
- Data, text and sources at Bach digital
- Structure and complete text of the cantata
