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Original

Erwachet, ihr Christen. Gottfried August Homilius. Voice sheet music. Choir sheet music. Piano and Keyboard sheet music.

Translation

Awake, ye Christians. Gottfried August Homilius. Voice sheet music. Choir sheet music. Piano and Keyboard sheet music.

Original

Erwachet, ihr Christen. Cantata for Oculi Sunday. Composed by Gottfried August Homilius. For STB vocal soli, SATB. SATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo. Cantatas, Lent and Passiontide. Set of instrumental parts. except strings. Text language. German. II.57. Duration 14 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag. CA.3721909. With Text language. German. Cantatas, Lent and Passiontide. Homilius is known for having always searched for new forms in order to avoid any schematic pattern. Thus, one looks in vain in the present cantata for arias. The opening choir is introduced by two choral groups. One calls to take up the fight against the devil, while the other fearfully hesitates and finally, in the chorale "Jesus Christus, wohn uns bei" agrees to join in. Following each of the three stanzas of the embellished chorale, in a recitative the hesitant one is given courage before he also takes up arms, in a confident final chorus.

Translation

Awake, ye Christians. Cantata for Oculi Sunday. Composed by Gottfried August Homilius. For STB vocal soli, SATB. SATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo. Cantatas, Lent and Passiontide. Set of instrumental parts. except strings. Text language. German. II.57. Duration 14 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag. CA.3721909. With Text language. German. Cantatas, Lent and Passiontide. Homilius is known for having always searched for new forms in order to avoid any schematic pattern. Thus, one looks in vain in the present cantata for arias. The opening choir is introduced by two choral groups. One calls to take up the fight against the devil, while the other fearfully hesitates and finally, in the chorale "Jesus Christus, wohn uns bei" agrees to join in. Following each of the three stanzas of the embellished chorale, in a recitative the hesitant one is given courage before he also takes up arms, in a confident final chorus.