Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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Complete work
- Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-01-25). Score information: A4, 42 pages, 2.47 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: scan of Bernhard Todt's piano-vocal score (English & German text)
General Information
Title: Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata for Trinity 26
Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: oboe, trumpet, strings, continuo
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Description: Performed 21 November 1723 in Leipzig. BWV 70a, for which string parts survive, is a shorter Cantata on a Salamo Franck libretto for Advent II performed 6 December 1716 in Weimar.
External websites:
- BWV 70 at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
View the Wikipedia article on BWV 70.
- German libretto at University of Alberta, Canada.
Original text and translations
Visit the external website(s) listed above for the original text and/or translations.
German text
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele,
und vergiß all Not und Qual,
weil dich nun Christus, dein Herre,
ruft aus diesem Jammertal.
Aus Trübsal und großem Leid
sollst du fahren in die Freud,
die kein Ohr hat je gehöret,
die in Ewigkeit auch währet.