Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140, also known as Sleepers Awake, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, regarded as one of his most mature and popular sacred cantatas. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for the 27th Sunday... Wikipedia
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composed: 1731
Chorale: "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"; by Philipp Nicolai
Instrumental: horn; 2 oboes; taille; bassoon; violino piccolo; 2 violins; viola; continuo
Movements: 7
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