Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen (Facsimile)

J S Bach Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen
Dramma per Musica (Cantata) BWV 30a. Facsimile of the autograph.

Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen BWV 30a composed in Leipzig in 1737 is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, on a libretto by Christian Friedrich Henrici and was an homage to Johann Christian von Hennicke to mark his acquisition of an estate at Wiederau in Pegau near Leipzig. 

Much of the music was reused by Bach in later works, especially in Freue dich, erlöste Schar, BWV 30.2, one of his church cantatas, which resembles the earlier secular composition.

- scored for SATB soloists, SATB chorus and basso continuo