Wake, o wake and hear the voices
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
by Johann Sebastian Bach
STB - Sheet Music

STB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, taille (english horn), [horn], violino piccolo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3114000

Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Paul Horn. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Advent, End of the church year, Mourning, death. Full score. Composed 1731. BWV 140. 80 pages. Duration 31 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.140/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3114000).

ISBN 9790007049102. Key: E flat major. Language: German/English. Text: Nicolai, Philipp. Text: Philipp Nicolai.

The three-verse hymn "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" was written by Philipp Nicolai and is first found in his "Der Freudenspiegel des ewigen Lebens". The poet of the other sections of the text is unknown. The verses of Nicolai's hymn determine the structure of the work: verse 1 opens the sequence of movements with a grand, spacious setting of the chorale for choir, verse 2 is at the centre with the chorale set in three parts, and verse 3 concludes the work with homophonic writing throughout. The verses are separated by recitative and duet twice.