),[1] BWV 214, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in 1733 for the birthday of Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony.

The piece has the dedicatee addressed by allegorical figures representing Roman and Greek goddesses of war and peace.

It is structured as nine movements, and scored for four vocal parts and a festive Baroque orchestra with trumpets, timpani, flutes,[b] oboes and strings.

It was first recorded by the Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke in 1961, and subsequently, as part of their complete sets of the secular cantatas, by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir and the Bach Collegium Japan.

in 1733, ten years after he became Thomaskantor in Leipzig, director of music in major churches in the town in the Electorate of Saxony.

The work features four vocal soloists who represent allegorical figures: Bellona (soprano), Pallas (alto), Irene (tenor), and Fama (bass).

[12] In the following section, the vocal lines are mostly homophonic and sometimes imitative, while the instrumental forces drive the movement.

[12] Musicologist Julian Mincham notes that "the sweeping exhilaration of this movement is impossible to describe in words".

The tenor recitative, "Heut ist der Tag, wo jeder sich erfreuen mag" (This is the day, when everyone can be happy),[11] conveys imagery.

[13] Bellona sings an aria, "Blast die wohlgegriffnen Flöten" (Blow the well-handled flutes).

[13] Fama is the last character to appear, singing in a bass da capo aria, "Kron und Preis gekrönter Damen" (Crown and trophy of royal ladies).

[11] The voice is complemented by a majestic obbligato trumpet line that underlines the "triumph, dignity and splendor" of the queen.

[6] In his Christmas Oratorio, Bach used the music in the aria "Großer Herr und starker König" (No.

[6] The bass recitative, "So dringe in das weite Erdenrund" (Thus throughout the whole round earth),[11] is accompanied by woodwinds.

[6] Bach reused the music of this movement in his Christmas Oratorio to frame Part III, "Herrscher des Himmels" (No.

[6] The cantata was performed at the BBC Proms in 1997 by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir conducted by Ton Koopman.

[14] In contrast, the complete Christmas Oratorio was given in the same concert series in 1972 conducted by Paul Steinitz, and one aria had been performed as early as 1908.