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220 | Glory to God#221 | 222 |
Text: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
Translator: | James Waddell Alexander |
Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 O sacred head, now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down;
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, thine only crown;
O sacred head, what glory,
what bliss till now was thine!
Yet, though despised and gory,
I joy to call thee mine.
2 What thou, my Lord, hast suffered
was all for sinners’ gain:
mine, mine was the transgression,
but thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Savior!
’Tis I deserve thy place;
look on me with thy favor,
and grant to me thy grace.
3 What language shall I borrow
to thank thee, dearest friend,
for this thy dying sorrow,
thy pity without end?
O make me thine forever;
and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never
outlive my love to thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O sacred head, now wounded |
Title: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
Translator: | James Waddell Alexander (1830, alt.) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
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Topic: | Atonement; Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday(7 more...) |
Source: | Latin, 12th or 13th cent. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler (1601) |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach (1729) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Key: | C Major |
This poignant hymn originated in a series of Holy Week meditations focused on the parts of Christ’s crucified body: feet, knees, hands, side, breast, heart, face. First joined to secular words, this chorale melody has appeared with this text since the mid-17th century.
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Audio recording: | ![]() |