Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
by Johann Sebastian Bach
4-Part - Sheet Music

Soprano voice solo/alto voice solo/tenor voice solo/bass voice solo/SATB choir/piano (Soprano Voice Solo, Alto Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, SATB Choir , Ob, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello,Continuo(Org, Vo, bassoon)) - Level 4

SKU: BA.BA10132-90

Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Alfred Durr. Arranged by Gunter Raphael. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Vocal Score. BWV 132. 32 pages. Duration 21 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10132-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10132-90).

ISBN 9790006491063. 27 x 19 cm inches. Language: German.

The cantata Bereitet die Wege is one of the few works by Johann Sebastian Bach of which we know fairly well how it came into being. The autograph full score bears the date 1715; Bach therefore composed the piece for the church service given by the Weimar court orchestra (of which he was the concert master) on 22 December, the fourth Sunday in Advent, in the year 1715. We even know the author of the words: it was the High Ecclesiastical Secretary in Weimar, Salomon Franck, who wrote the poem especially for that occasion and had it printed in his annual cycle of cantata texts entitled Evangelisches Andachtsopfer.