Schleicht, spielende Wellen (Glide, O sparkling waves and murmur softly), BWV 206,[a] is a
secular cantata composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach in
Leipzig and first performed on 7 October 1736.
History and text
Bach composed this cantata for the birthday of
Augustus III of Poland and
Elector of Saxony. It was first performed in
Leipzig, Saxony, on 7 October 1736. A second performance took place on 3 August 1740.[1]
The
librettist of the work is unknown, but was likely
Picander.[1] The cantata is counted among the works Bach wrote for celebrations of
Leipzig University, Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern.[2]
^The Pleiße flows through Leipzig into the Elbe, the Vistula (German: Weichsel) is the longest and largest river in Poland, and the Danube (Donau), flows through
Austria, which Augustus later supported against
Prussia in the
War of the Austrian Succession.
Schleicht, spielende Wellen (Glide, O sparkling waves and murmur softly), BWV 206,[a] is a
secular cantata composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach in
Leipzig and first performed on 7 October 1736.
History and text
Bach composed this cantata for the birthday of
Augustus III of Poland and
Elector of Saxony. It was first performed in
Leipzig, Saxony, on 7 October 1736. A second performance took place on 3 August 1740.[1]
The
librettist of the work is unknown, but was likely
Picander.[1] The cantata is counted among the works Bach wrote for celebrations of
Leipzig University, Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern.[2]
^The Pleiße flows through Leipzig into the Elbe, the Vistula (German: Weichsel) is the longest and largest river in Poland, and the Danube (Donau), flows through
Austria, which Augustus later supported against
Prussia in the
War of the Austrian Succession.