<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
who wrote the chorale text and tune for wachet auf ( sleepers awake )
who wrote the chorale text and tune for wachet auf ( sleepers awake )
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach