Throughout his life as a musician, Bach composed cantatas for both secular and sacred use. In Weimar, he was from 1714 to 1717 commissioned to compose one church cantata a month. In the course of almost four years there he thus covered most occasions of the liturgical year. As cantor in Leipzig Bach was responsible for the Thomasschule (Thomas School) and for the church music at the main churches, where a cantata was required for the service on Sundays and additional church holidays of the liturgical year. When Bach took up his office in 1723, he started to compose new cantatas for most occasions - from Advent, through Easter, Pentacost and on through the year. The full list of cantatas can be seen here
This piece was written to complement Matthew 22 known as the The Great Commandment: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Enjoy Bach's Cantata No. 169 "Gott Soll Allein Mein Herze Haben" roughly translated to "God alone should have my heart".
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