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Text:O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Author:Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153
Translator (German):Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676
Tune:HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
Composer:Hans Leo Hassler, 1546-1612

429. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Text Information
First Line: O sacred head, now wounded
Title: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 (abr.)
Translator (German): Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676
Meter: 76 76 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2021
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Jesus' Passion
Source: Tr.: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt.
Copyright: Tr. © 1941 Concordia Publishing House
Tune Information
Name: HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler, 1546-1612
Meter: 76 76 D
Key: a minor
Source: Setting: Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978, alt.
Copyright: Public Domain



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