What is cantata Number?

The crossword clue Cantata number with 4 letters was last seen on the January 29, 2022. We think the likely answer to this clue is ARIA.

How many cantatas are there?

[To Juozas Rimas] According most of the sources J.S. Bach composed about 300 cantatas, of which 209 are extant. If you are fond of the Bach Cantatas, you are invited to join the Bach Cantatas Mailing List (BCML).

What was the first cantata?

The word cantata first appeared in the Italian composer Alessandro Grandi’s Cantade et arie a voce sola (Cantatas and Arias for Solo Voice; published 1620–29).

What period is cantata 208?

1713
208. Composed in 1713, this secular choral work is known as Sheep May Safely Graze, the Hunting Cantata, AND the Birthday Cantata?

Who wrote the most cantatas?

Johann Sebastian Bach is perhaps the most prominent and prolific composer of cantatas. At his most productive, he was composing one cantata every week for eight years. Bach wrote both secular and sacred cantatas and developed what is known as “chorale cantata”.

What type of music is cantata?

A cantata (/kænˈtɑːtə/; Italian: [kanˈtaːta]; literally “sung”, past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, “to sing”) is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.

Who composed cantata 208 and 211?

Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The lively hunt is all my heart’s desire), BWV 208.1, BWV 208, also known as the Hunting Cantata, is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for the 31st birthday of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels on 23 February 1713.

What does Mir Behagt mean?

The lively hunt is all my heart’s desire
The piece was written in 1713 and is part of the cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208. The cantata’s title translates The lively hunt is all my heart’s desire, and it is also known as the Hunting Cantata.