tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14229298.post9089897830510631513..comments2023-06-05T09:00:07.846-04:00Comments on Rockhound Place: Music Monday - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09399801831076566326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14229298.post-50357324525151695232009-01-27T23:34:00.000-05:002009-01-27T23:34:00.000-05:00And here are the words translated:Bach: Kaffee-Kan...And here are the words translated:<BR/><BR/>Bach: Kaffee-Kantate 'Sweigt stille, plaudert nicht' BWV 211<BR/>The father is concerned about the daughter's (Lieschen's) consumption of coffee and reproaches her for her vice. Lieschen gives vent to her<BR/>indignation:<BR/>'Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süsse,<BR/>Lieblicher als tausend Küsse,<BR/>Milder als Muskatenwein.<BR/>Coffee, Coffee muss ich haben;<BR/>Und wenn jemand mich will laben,<BR/>Ach, so schenkt mir Coffee ein!'<BR/>('des Tages - dreimal mein Schälchen Coffee trinken darf...')<BR/>Alas! the sweet taste of coffee<BR/>Is lovelier than a thousand kisses<BR/>And milder than muscatel wine.<BR/>I simply must have coffee,and to put me in a good frame of mind,<BR/>just pour me out some coffee !<BR/>(... to drink my three cups of coffee daily...)<BR/>(Archiv; stereo 2533269)<BR/>In addition to the sacred cantatas, Bach composed around 50 secular ('profane') cantatas, one of the<BR/>famous being the Kaffee-Kantate (BWV 211). This was first performed in Leipzig, probably in 1734. Coffee-houses were 'allowed' in Leipzig from the end of the 17th century.majesticmoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357347004944341181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14229298.post-77027158106431780392009-01-27T23:30:00.000-05:002009-01-27T23:30:00.000-05:00I downloaded "Ei! Wie Schmeckt Der Coffee Susse ( ...I downloaded "Ei! Wie Schmeckt Der Coffee Susse ( BWV 211 -"Coffee Cantata"]" a few weeks ago for DH the coffee addict. Thruthfully, it was actually for me, since I LOVE Emma Kirkby. Isn't it such a fun little piece. I'd love to sing it. The cover of that CD is so strange and hideous, that it is cool.majesticmoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357347004944341181noreply@blogger.com