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Text:O Sacred Head, now wounded
Attributed to:Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153
Translator:Paul Gerhardt
Translator:J. W. Alexander
Tune:PASSION CHORALE
Composer:Hans Leo Hassler
Harmonizer:Joh. Sebastian Bach

100. O Sacred Head, now wounded

Text Information
First Line: O Sacred Head, now wounded
Translator: Paul Gerhardt (1656)
Translator: J. W. Alexander (1830)
Attributed to: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153
Language: English
Publication Date: 1921
Topic: Christ: Passion and Death; Man of Sorrows
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: PASSION CHORALE
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler (1601)
Harmonizer: Joh. Sebastian Bach (1729)
Meter: 7, 6, 7, 6, D.
Notes: Public Domain.



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