Composition: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd |
| Alternative title | Jagdkantate |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) and Salomo Franck (librettist) |
| Opus | BWV 208 |
| Instrumentation | 2 sopranos, tenor, bass and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 15 |
| Keys | F major |
| Composed | 1713 |
| First published | 1881 |
| Dedication | 31st of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 1800 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Secular cantatas |
| Language | German |
| Period | Baroque |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Selections | piano | Dinu Lipatti |
| view | Aria: 'Jagen ist die Lust der Götter' (No.2) | violin, 2 violas and cello 3 violas and cello 2 horns, violin and cello 2 horns, viola and cello horn, violin, viola and cello horn, 2 violas and cello 3 violins and cello 2 violins, viola and cello |
Peter Lang |
| view | Aria: 'Willst du dich nicht mehr ergetzen' (No.4) | violin and viola violin and cello 2 violas viola and cello 2 cellos |
Peter Lang |
| view | Recitative: 'Ich liebe dich zwar noch!' (No.5) | violin, viola and cello violin and 2 cellos 2 violas and cello viola and 2 cellos |
Peter Lang |
| view | Recitative: 'Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott' (No.6) | 2 violins, 2 violas and cello 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos 2 oboes, 2 violas and cello 2 oboes, viola and 2 cellos 4 violas and cello 3 violas and 2 cellos oboe, violin, 2 violas and cello oboe, violin, viola and 2 cellos violin, 3 violas and cello violin, 2 violas and 2 cellos oboe, 3 violas and cello oboe, 2 violas and 2 cellos |
Peter Lang |
| view | Recitative: 'Soll dann der Pales Opfer hier das letzte sein?' (No.8) | 3 violins and cello 2 violins, viola and cello 2 flutes, violin and cello 2 flutes, viola and cello flute, 2 violins and cello flute, violin, viola and cello |
Peter Lang |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | 12 recorders | David Edward Kemp |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | Dan Braden |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | 3 flutes, alto flute and bass flute | Hideo Kamioka |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | 4 accordions and bass accordion | Paul De Bra |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | 4 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | trumpet and organ | Michel Rondeau |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | violin and piano | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | cello and piano | Orfeo Mandozzi |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | organ | Alain Brunet |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | organ | Pierre Gouin |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | piano | Mary Howe |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | piano | Egon Petri |
| view | Recitative: 'So stimmt mit ein' (No.10) | 2 violins, viola and cello oboe, violin, viola and cello violin, 2 violas and cello 2 oboes, viola and cello oboe, 2 violas and cello |
Peter Lang |
| view | Chorus: 'Lebe, Sonne dieser Erden' (No.11) | 2 violins, viola and cello 2 violins and 2 cellos violin, 2 violas and cello violin, viola and 2 cellos |
Peter Lang |
| view | Aria: 'Entzucket uns beide, ihr Strahlen der Freude' (No.12) | female chorus and piano | John Michael Diack |
| view | Aria: 'Entzucket uns beide, ihr Strahlen der Freude' (No.12) | violin and viola violin and cello 2 violas viola and cello 2 cellos |
Peter Lang |
| view | Aria: 'Weil die wollenreichen Heerden' (No.13) | female chorus and piano | John Michael Diack |
| view | Aria: 'Weil die wollenreichen Heerden' (No.13) | violin and viola violin and cello 2 violas viola and cello 2 cellos |
Peter Lang |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Bärenreiter | 1963 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Last Page · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Recorder 1, 2 · view Oboe 1, 2, English Horn · view Bassoon · view Horn 1, 2 (F) · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Bärenreiter | 1963 | Recorder 1, 2 · view Oboe 1, 2, Oboe da caccia (English Horn) · view Corno da caccia 1, 2 (F) · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Continuo (Cellos/Basses/Bassoon) · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Bärenreiter | 1963 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | vocal score | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | vocal score | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1713 | Complete Libretto (BWV 208) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1742 | Complete Libretto (BWV 208a) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Schott | 1953 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Aria: 'Jagen ist die Lust der Götter' (No.2) | Arrangement for violin, 2 violas and cello 3 violas and cello 2 horns, violin and cello 2 horns, viola and cello horn, violin, viola and cello horn, 2 violas and cello 3 violins and cello 2 violins, viola and cello |
Peter Lang | 2014 | Complete Score and Parts (original key) · view Complete Score and Parts (in G major ) · view |
| view | Aria: 'Willst du dich nicht mehr ergetzen' (No.4) | Arrangement for violin and viola violin and cello 2 violas viola and cello 2 cellos |
Peter Lang | 2016 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Recitative: 'Ich liebe dich zwar noch!' (No.5) | Arrangement for violin, viola and cello violin and 2 cellos 2 violas and cello viola and 2 cellos |
Peter Lang | 2014 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Recitative: 'Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott' (No.6) | Arrangement for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos 2 oboes, 2 violas and cello 2 oboes, viola and 2 cellos 4 violas and cello 3 violas and 2 cellos oboe, violin, 2 violas and cello oboe, violin, viola and 2 cellos violin, 3 violas and cello violin, 2 violas and 2 cellos oboe, 3 violas and cello oboe, 2 violas and 2 cellos |
Peter Lang | 2016 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Recitative: 'Soll dann der Pales Opfer hier das letzte sein?' (No.8) | Arrangement for 3 violins and cello 2 violins, viola and cello 2 flutes, violin and cello 2 flutes, viola and cello flute, 2 violins and cello flute, violin, viola and cello |
Peter Lang | 2014 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for 12 recorders |
David Edward Kemp | 2019 | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn |
— | — | Complete Score · view Flute · view Oboe · view Clarinet (B) · view Bassoon · view Horn (F) · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for 3 flutes, alto flute and bass flute |
Hideo Kamioka | 2022 | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for 4 accordions and bass accordion |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view Engraving files (Capella) · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for 4 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score (SATB recorders) · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for trumpet and organ |
— | — | Complete Score and Trumpet Part · view Engraving files (Finale & XML) · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Vienna: Orfeo Mandozzi | 2014 | Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Vienna: Orfeo Mandozzi | 2014 | Complete Score · view Cello Part · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2015 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for piano |
Oxford University Press | 1937 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Arrangement for piano |
Boosey & Hawkes | 1944 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Recitative: 'So stimmt mit ein' (No.10) | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello oboe, violin, viola and cello violin, 2 violas and cello 2 oboes, viola and cello oboe, 2 violas and cello |
Peter Lang | 2016 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Chorus: 'Lebe, Sonne dieser Erden' (No.11) | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello 2 violins and 2 cellos violin, 2 violas and cello violin, viola and 2 cellos |
Peter Lang | 2015 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Aria: 'Entzucket uns beide, ihr Strahlen der Freude' (No.12) | Arrangement for female chorus and piano |
Paterson | 1932 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Aria: 'Entzucket uns beide, ihr Strahlen der Freude' (No.12) | Arrangement for violin and viola violin and cello 2 violas viola and cello 2 cellos |
Peter Lang | 2016 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Aria: 'Weil die wollenreichen Heerden' (No.13) | Arrangement for female chorus and piano |
Paterson | 1932 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Aria: 'Weil die wollenreichen Heerden' (No.13) | Arrangement for violin and viola violin and cello 2 violas viola and cello 2 cellos |
Peter Lang | 2016 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Paul De Bra (performer) | For 4 Accordions and Bass Accordion (De Bra) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Michel Rondeau (trumpet) | For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau) | Complete Performance · file Complete Performance · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | Martha Goldstein (piano) | For Piano (Busoni) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | For 12 Recorders (Kemp) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | For 4 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Aria: 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (No.9) | For Organ (Gouin) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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