Die Auferweckung des Lazarus is a 1773 oratorio by J. C. F. Bach to a libretto by Johann Gottfried Herder.Howard E. Smither A History of the Oratorio: The oratorio in the classical era 1977 p 368 Die Auferweckung Lazarus : Eine bibliche Geschichte zur Musik (1773) Studies in Eighteenth-century Culture - Volume 3 - Page 231 American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies · 1971 "During the course of his stay, Herder wrote the texts for several cantatas, which Bach set to music : Kindheit Jesu (1772), Pfingskantate (1773), Auferweckung Lazarus (1773), and the Michaelskantate (1775) ." Recording Die Auferweckung Des Lazarus Gellert Ensemble, Andreas Mitschke, Genuin, 1CD, 2021 References