Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Wer da gläubet und getauft wird (He who believes and is baptised), BWV 37, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, a church cantata for the feast of the Ascension. Bach composed the cantata in Leipzig and first performed it on 18 May 1724.The work is Bach's first cantata composition for the feast of the Ascension. Surprisingly for a high feast day, it is modestly scored; only two oboes d'amore add to the sound of the regular stings and basso continuo, accompanying four vocal parts. An anonymous poet derived thoughts from the prescribed Gospel, even quoting a verse, but excluded the Ascension itself and concentrated on the Lutheran idea of justification by faith alone. The poet shaped the six movements of the cantata in two parts, each concluded by a chorale.. }
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- Wer_da_gläubet_und_getauft_wird,_BWV_37 abstract "Wer da gläubet und getauft wird (He who believes and is baptised), BWV 37, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, a church cantata for the feast of the Ascension. Bach composed the cantata in Leipzig and first performed it on 18 May 1724.The work is Bach's first cantata composition for the feast of the Ascension. Surprisingly for a high feast day, it is modestly scored; only two oboes d'amore add to the sound of the regular stings and basso continuo, accompanying four vocal parts. An anonymous poet derived thoughts from the prescribed Gospel, even quoting a verse, but excluded the Ascension itself and concentrated on the Lutheran idea of justification by faith alone. The poet shaped the six movements of the cantata in two parts, each concluded by a chorale.".