Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (Score) ロンド but which never came about

but which never came about

the original version of 1723 is free of such contemporary references

From the gospel for Easter Monday

drawing its higher meaning from Charpentier’s musical-theological interpretation of the Latin hymn of praise that it is based on

has a loosely-constructed plot that hinges on the vanity of opera singers and the empty-headedness of many traveling companies

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (Score) ロンド but which never came aboutThe three verse hymn "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" was written by Philipp Nicolai and is first found in his "Der Freudenspiegel des ewigen Lebens". The poet of the other sections of the text is unknown. The verses of Nicolais hymn determine the structure of the work: verse 1 opens the sequence of movements with a grand, spacious setting of the chorale for choir, verse 2 is at the centre with the chorale set in three parts, and verse 3 concludes