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First Line:
O sacred head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down
Title:
O sacred head now wounded
German Title:
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Author (attributed to):
St. Bernard of Clairvaux; Arnulf, Abbot of Villers-la-Ville
Author (German version):
Paul Gerhardt
Translator:
James W. Alexander (1829)
Meter:
7.6.7.6 D
Source:
Salve caput cruentatum, Latin
Language:
English
Notes:
Paul Gerhardt translated "Salve caput cruentatum," the seventh section of the Latin poem "Salve mundi salutare," into German as "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden." James W. Alexander then translated the German into the English "O Sacred Head Now Wounded."
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Title:
PASSION CHORALE (Hassler)
Composer:
Hans Leo Hassler (1601)
Meter:
7.6.7.6 D
Copyright:
Public Domain