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
University Church, Leipzig, where the cantata was first performed (17th-century lithograph)
Christiane Eberhardine, Electress of Saxony, for whose funeral the cantata was written
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was Electress of Saxony from 1694 to 1727, Queen Consort and Grand Duchess Consort of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1697 to 1727 by marriage to
Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198
…of the Leipzig University, Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern. He composed this cantata at the request of the university as a funeral ode for Christiane Eberhardine, wife of August II the Strong, the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. The cantata was first performed on 17 October 1727 in the University Church…
Ubekendt, Portræt af Christine af Polen, KMS1150, Statens Museum for Kunst