O sacred head, surrounded (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-01-08). Score information: A4, 1 page, 49 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with four-part harmony and underlaid words in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2021-01-08). Score information: A4, 1 page, 99 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, melody with words.
General Information
Title: O sacred head, surrounded
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler
Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach
Tune: Passion Chorale
Lyricist: Paul Gerhardt
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 76. 76. D
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published: 1601 in Lustgarten neuer teutscher Gesäng, no. 24
2nd published: 1830 in Bach's Matthäuspassion by Adolf Schlesinger in Berlin
3rd published: ca. 1875 in England?
4th published: 1983 in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard, no. 68
Description: Translation by Henry Williams Baker, 1861. A descant to the hymn is available by Geoffrey Shaw.
Opus: BWV 244 – Matthäuspassion , mvt. 19
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden.
- Posted in January 2021
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