Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)
Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70.2; BWV 70; BC A 165
Sacred cantata (26th Sunday after Trinity)
- Scoring
- S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B, Tr/Tr da tir?, Ob, Vl I/II, Va, Vc obl oder Org obl, Bc
- Early performances
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, Leipzig (Premiere)
, Leipzig - relation to other works:
- is exemplar of BWVBC F
- relation from other works:
- is adapted in BWV 70.2/11 (o.I.) ChS
- Comment
- EZ vor dem 21. November 1723; extended arrangement of BWV 70.1 (Weimar version, cantata for advent).
- Lyrics
- author unknown
Salomon Franck (1659–1725)
Christian Keymann (1607–1662)
see BWV 70.1; mvts. 2,4,6,9: author unknown; mvt. 7: stanza 5 from ‘Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele’ (Freiberg, 1620); mvt. 11: stanza 5 from ‘Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht‘ by Christian Keymann (1658); libretto printing: Franck 1717
Link to lyrics - Edition
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BG 16, S.329 (W. Rust, 1868) – ;
NBA I/27, S. 107 (Alfred Dürr, 1968) – Critical report (1968), S. 103
- Sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 95 [Original source]
Verschollen Choralsammlung
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000088 [XML] [MEI] [JSON-LD]
- gnd
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- Last changed
- 2019-05-21 : 02:56:58
