Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! (Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!) is the title of two church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed a first version, BWV 70a, in Weimar for the second Sunday in Advent of 1716 and expanded it in 1723 in Leipzig to BWV 70, a cantata in two parts for the 26th Sunday after Trinity.
Original Name | Wachet, betet, seid bereit allezeit! |
Librettist | Salomo Franck (Nos.1, 3, 5, 8, 10) ; Christoph Demantius (No.7) Christian Keymann (No.11) ; Anonymous (Nos.2, 4, 6, 9) (based on 70a) |
Date of composition | 1723 (rev. 1731) |
Premiered | 1723, November 21st in Leipzig, Germany |
First published | 1868 (BGA) |
Type | Sacred Cantata |
Tonality | C Major |
Catalogue | BWV 70 |
Spoken language | German |
Arrangement of | Johann Sebastian Bach: Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch! in C major, BWV 70a |
Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Watch! pray! pray! watch! en do majeur, BWV 70 Johann Sebastian Bach: Watch! pray! pray! watch! in do maggiore, BWV 70 Johann Sebastian Bach: Watch! pray! pray! watch! C-dur, BWV 70 |