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
Zimmermannsches Caffeehaus, 1700s
Collegium Musicum
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The Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in German and German-Swiss cities and towns during the Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century. In the present
Collegium musicum of Thun, 1737, Switzerland
Collegium Musicum, Lauingen, 1590 A.D. From the left: viol, flute, mandora or gittern, fiddle or rebec, shawm, harp, slide trumpet or clarion trumpet, cornett, clavichord.