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Christian Friedrich Henrici, writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many works by Johann Sebastian Bach, notably the St Matthew Passion of 1727.
Plaque in Leipzig
Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211, also known as the Coffee Cantata, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it probably between 1732 and 1735. Although classified as a canta
Picander
…the Easter Oratorio. Their best-known collaboration was the St Matthew Passion of 1727. They worked together on other cantatas, secular (such as the Coffee Cantata, the Peasant Cantata and The Contest between Phoebus and Pan) and religious. For a year from the start of Advent 1724, Picander had published spiritual…
Zimmermannsches Caffeehaus, 1700s