He wrote them for just about every sabbath of the year, a little over 200 of which were not lost. This is high art in choral composition, generally a small instrumental ensemble with choral solos.
I really love them. The Coffee Cantata is one of my favorites. I don't speak German, but the word for coffee in German sounds the same. It is funny to hear the first words sung by the soprano basically be, "Coffee. Coffee. I just love my coffee." (or some such -- not a translation).
It ends in a wonderful duet as father and daughter have a cup together, the daughter having won him over.
Bach had a great sense of humor and loved to play games with his music. But this is the only Bach work I know of that delves into outright satire.
Please do check it out.
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