He wrote it in Leipzig as a "Huldigungskantate" (homage cantata) for Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, first performed on 12 January 1729, and dedicated it at least twice to different people and occasions.
He wrote it in Leipzig as a "Huldigungskantate" (homage cantata) for Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, first performed on 12 January 1729, and. The cantata became part of his repertory of congratulatory and homage cantatas, dedicated at least twice to different people and occasions.