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.
| Librettist | Salomon Franck (among others) |
| Date of composition | 1723 (First version: 1716;) in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1868 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Cantata |
| Tonality | C Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 70 |
| Approx. duration | 26 minutes |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
Voice (Alto) Voice (Tenor) Voice (Bass) Chorus/Choir Trumpet Oboe Strings Continuo |
| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! en do majeur, BWV 70 ""Watch! pray! pray! watch!"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! in do maggiore, BWV 70 ""Watch! pray! pray! watch!"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! C-dur, BWV 70 ""Watch! pray! pray! watch!"" |