Author Question: Which statement about Awake, A Voice is Calling is wrong? a. Bach hoped this work would impress a ... (Read 52 times)

scienceeasy · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Which statement about Awake, A Voice is Calling is wrong?

a. Bach hoped this work would impress a potential employer in the politically important city of Berlin
b. composed for the 27th Sunday after Trinity, the Sunday prior to Advent
c. it is an example of a church cantata
d. the text is based on the liturgically proscribed Gospel reading, a passage from the Gospel of St. Matthew
e. the cantata makes use of a chorale tune and text that were well-known to Lutheran congregations

Question 2

Identify the trait that best describes the church cantata.

a. used soloists as well as a chorus
b. accompanied by a small orchestra
c. a multi-movement work of recitatives, arias, and choruses
d. became the musical core of the Sunday service of the Lutheran Church
e. all of the above