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Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht

Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be still, stop chattering) (aka The Coffee Cantata) (BWV 211) is a secular cantatawritten by Johann Sebastian Bach between 1732 and 1734. In a satirical commentary, the cantata tells of an addiction to coffee, a pressing social problem in eighteenth century Leipzig, where this work was premiered. (via pbmaxwell)