| Text: | O sacred head, sore wounded |
| Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153) |
| Translator, stanza 4: | James W. Alexander |
| Translator, stanzas 1-3: | Robert Bridges |
| Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
| Composer (melody): | Hans Leo Hassler |
| Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | O sacred head, sore wounded |
| Title: | O sacred head, sore wounded |
| Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153) |
| Translator, stanzas 1-3: | Robert Bridges (1899) |
| Translator, stanza 4: | James W. Alexander (1830) |
| Meter: | 7676D |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1992 |
| Topic: | Passion and Death |
| Source: | Latin |
| Notes: | German paraphrase by Paul Gerhardt, 1656, (O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden) |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
| Composer (melody): | Hans Leo Hassler (1601) |
| Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach (1729) |
| Meter: | 7676D |
| Key: | a minor or modal |
| Source: | adapted and harmonized by J. S. Bach in his St. Matthew Passion |