He retained a role as court composer to Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, for whom he had worked full-time in the period 1717–1723.
The cantata was written for the 24th birthday of the prince's second wife, Princess Charlotte Friederike Amalie of Nassau-Siegen on 30 November 1726, the likely date of the work's premiere, albeit undocumented.
The text, divided into nine movements, is by Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander),[2][3] who published it in his Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte, Teil I of 1727.
[4] The text is adapted from an earlier congratulatory cantata, presumably authored by Picander, for which Bach's music survives.
Grychtolik adapted the music from Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36c and composed new recitatives.