Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, also known as Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 1143, BWV 244a, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1729 for the funeral of Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-K
St. Jakob, Köthen
Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl is a secular cantata composed as a funeral ode by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed on 17 October 1727. In Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of Bach's works it wa
Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a
…scholar Wilhelm Rust discovered that Bach in part built the Trauermusik with movements from two other works: the Trauer-Ode for the Electress of Saxony Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198 the St Matthew Passion…
University Church, Leipzig, where the cantata was first performed (17th-century lithograph)
Christiane Eberhardine, Electress of Saxony, for whose funeral the cantata was written