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

ANSWER: a

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