The circumstances for which Bach composed his festive Cantata No. 192 "Nun danket alle Gott" (Now thank we all our God) (BWV 192) in 1730 are unknown. Because of its central duet for soprano and bass, some scholars have speculated that it was written for a wedding. Because of its three-verse text written by Martin Rinckart in 1636, other scholars guess that it might have been for the Lutheran Feast of the Reformation. Although the three-movement "Nun danket alle Gott" is one of Bach's briefest cantatas, it is richly scored for soprano and bass soloists, chorus, pairs of transverse flute and oboes, strings, and basso continuo. The first movement is a large-scale chorale fantasia with the choral sopranos intoning the first verse of Rinckart's hymn above the imitative entrances of the lower voices while the full orchestra had separate concertante ritornellos. The second is a gracious and graceful dance-like duet aria for soprano and bass with obbligato transverse flute and oboe, strings, and continuo. The third and final movement of "Nun danket alle Gott" is a second chorale fantasia with the choral sopranos intoning the third verse of Rinckart's hymn above the imitative entrances of the lower voices against the gigue-like independent orchestral ritornello.

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