Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, calls the voice to us), BWV 140, also known as Sleepers Wake, 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.
| Librettist | Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608), Anonymous (movt.IV adapted in BWV 645) |
| Date of composition | 1731 |
| Premiered | 1731, November 25th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1847 |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | E-flat Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 140 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme en mi bémol majeur, BWV 140 Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme in mi bemolle maggiore, BWV 140 Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Es-dur, BWV 140 |