Cantata BWV 211 "Coffee Cantata"

Answer the questions, then click on the link at the end for the answers.

1) The libretto for the Coffee Cantata was written by:
a) Bach alone
b) Picander
c) Schlendrian
d) Lieschen

2) The tenor plays the role of:
a) the father
b) the husband-to-be
c) the narrator
d) a coffee drinker

3) Bach writes two dance movements in this cantata. They are:
a) a trio sonata and fugue
b) a bourreé and gavotte
c) a minuet and gavotte
d) a bourreé and minuet

4) The full ensemble appears:
a) only in the final number
b) in all the arias
c) in all the recitatives
d) never

5) Lieschen’s first aria combines the following genres:
a) da capo aria and trio sonata
b) trio sonata and bourreé
c) trio sonata and minuet
d) da capo aria and minuet

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© 2003 Carol Traupman-Carr