• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
 BWV 140; BC A 166 GND

Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity, Choral Cantatas copmposed at a later stage
Genre
  • Chorale cantata
Proper
Epistel: 1. Thessalonicher 5, 1-11
Epistel: 2. Thessalonicher 1, 3-10
Epistel: 2. Petrus 3, 3-7
Epistel: Römer 3, 21-28
Gospel: Matthäus 25, 1-13
Gospel: Matthäus 24, 37-51
Gospel: Matthäus 5, 1-12
Scoring
  • Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Corno, Oboe I, Oboe II, Taille, Violine piccolo Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo
Date of origin, Work history
  • vor dem 25. November 1731

  • First performance on November 25, 1731; subsequent performance in Leipzig around 1755 during the temporary directorship under C. F. Barth/C. F. Penzel (copies, see below). Movement 4 arranged for organ around 1746; see BWV 645
Early performances
, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Weise d. J.
WA in Leipzig um 1755 im Interimskantorat unter CFB/C. F. Penzel
relation to other works:
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2b]
relation from other works
is adapted in BR-JCFB H 101Wf XV/2
is adapted in BWV 140/7 ChSBC F 186.1a/b, 186.1c
is adapted in BWV 645
Introduction to the work
Link to videos:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (Netherlands Bach Society)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (J. S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (Stiftsbarock Stuttgart, K. Johannsen)
Libretto
  • Movement 1, 4 and 7: P. Nicolai (1599), stanzas 1–3. Movement 2–3 and 5–6 free verse (author unknown)

Link to lyrics
Author Chorale
Nicolai, Philipp
Chorale
  • Satz 1, 4 und 7:
    Philipp Nicolai, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", 1599
in: P. Nicolai, Freudenspiegel des ewigen Lebens, Frankfurt am Main 1599, Seite 412f
Original sources
D-LEb Thomana 140 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 140, Originalstimmen [Part(s)]
Additional sources
CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : A 16 a-d [vocal score / piano reduction]
CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : B 3, Faszikel 1 [Particella]
D-B Mus. O. 12172 Rara, Teil 2 (handschriftlicher Anhang) [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1141 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/IV, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 155 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 172 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 464, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 862 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 640 [Part(s)]
D-BNu Ec 9.2 [Score]
D-DS Mus. ms. 550 [Score and part(s)]
D-Gs 8º Cod. Ms. philos. 84|e: Sammelhs. 1 [Score]
D-HAmi Ms. 164 [Score]
D-KPk 248 [Part(s)]
F-Pn VM1-2907, Faszikel 4 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 61 [Konvolut] [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 61, Faszikel 7 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5909 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5909, Faszikel 2 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 140, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 296 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 140, E. Prieger [Score]
Verschollen BWV 140, H. G. Nägeli [Score]
Verschollen BWV 140, J. G. Schicht [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
[Verschollen Kantatenabschriften, C. v. Winterfeld] [Score]
Edition
NBA I/27, S. 149 (Alfred Dürr, 1968) – Critical report (1968), S. 128;
BG 28, S.251 (W. Rust, 1881)
persistent ID
BachDigitalWork_work_00000172
Static URL
https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000172
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Last changed
2025-11-23 04:15:38
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