Cantata no. 36b: Die Freude reget sich, BWV.36b
Die Freude reget sich (Joy awakens), BWV 36.3, BWV 36b), is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The work appears to date from 1738–1740, when Bach was living in Leipzig. Bach drew on material he had composed more than a decade earlier for the cantata Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36.1.
Movements
- Chorus: Die Freude reget sich
- Recitative
- Aria
- Recitative
- Aria
- Recitative
- Aria
- Chorus and Recitative

