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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
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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 after Trinity and first performed it on 25 November 1731.
Autograph manuscript of the obbligato piccolo violino part of the first soprano-bass aria, one of the few surviving instrumental parts written by Bach
Autograph manuscript of the obbligato piccolo violino part of the first soprano-bass aria, one of the few surviving instrumental parts written by Bach, from the archives of the Thomaskirche
The hymn in the first publication, 1599
The hymn in the first publication, 1599
In the first movement, the ninth chorale-line starts with a fugato alleluja in the altos, tenors and basses culminating in the cantus firmus in the so
In the first movement, the ninth chorale-line starts with a fugato alleluja in the altos, tenors and basses culminating in the cantus firmus in the sopranos. Manuscript copied by C. F. Barth, c 1755
John Eliot Gardiner, who conducted the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, in 2007
John Eliot Gardiner, who conducted the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, in 2007
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific authorship of music across a variety of instruments and forms, including; orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ works such as the Schubler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and choral works such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
1748 portrait of Bach, showing him holding a copy of the six-part canon BWV 1076.
1748 portrait of Bach, showing him holding a copy of the six-part canon BWV 1076.
Johann Ambrosius Bach, 1685, Bach's father. Painting attributed to Johann David Herlicius [de]
Johann Ambrosius Bach, 1685, Bach's father. Painting attributed to Johann David Herlicius [de]
The Wender organ Bach played in Arnstadt
The Wender organ Bach played in Arnstadt
Organ of the St. Paul's Church in Leipzig, tested by Bach in 1717
Organ of the St. Paul's Church in Leipzig, tested by Bach in 1717