Cantata No. 208
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Opus
- BWV 208
- Instruments
- Voice, SATB, Orchestra
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- Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208)
- $45.00
- Orchestra, String orchestra
- Alfred Publishing
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Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, 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. A performance lasts about forty minutes. The aria "Schafe können sicher weiden" is the most familiar part of this cantata.
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