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My Purchased Files| Text: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
| Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux |
| German paraphraser: | Paul Gerhardt |
| Translator: | James W. Alexander |
| Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
| Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler |
| Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach |
187. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | O sacred Head, now wounded |
| Title: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
| Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux (12th century) |
| German paraphraser: | Paul Gerhardt (1656) |
| Translator: | James W. Alexander (1830) |
| Meter: | 76.76D |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Suffering and Death |
| Source: | Medieval Latin |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
| Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler (1601) |
| Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach (1729) |
| Meter: | 76.76D |
| Key: | C Major |
Text Information:
The most famous and well loved of the hymns of Pietist Paul Gerhardt. Alexander's translation first appeared in 1830 in Congregationalist Joshua Leavitts' The Christian Lyre
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