Schleicht, spielende Wellen, BWV 206 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2017-09-02)  CPDL #46198: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-09-02).  Score information: A4, 50 pages, 5.37 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt.

General Information

Title: Schleicht, spielende Wellen, BWV 206
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Picander

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 oboes d’amore, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, continuo

First published: 1862 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 11
Opus: BWV 206, 11 movements
Description: First performed 7 October 1736 for the birthday of Augustus III of Poland.

External websites:

• Schleicht, spielende Wellen, BWV 206 (Johann Sebastian Bach) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on Schleicht, spielende Wellen, BWV 206 (Johann Sebastian Bach).

• Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.

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