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7 Comments on “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded: Choir of King’s College”
Yes, yes. That famous Lutheran, J.S. Bach used it in his “St. Matthew Passion” and in several other compositions. The original hymn tune was a secular song by Hans Hassler, but the Bach harmonization is found in the modern hymnals of all the various American Lutheran churches.
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April 20, 2014 at 10:54 am
https://app.box.com/s/1yjc1ay97worjonr1wl3
April 20, 2014 at 3:10 pm
Doesn’t get much better for Friday, does it?
April 20, 2014 at 6:55 pm
Mark,
No, it doesn’t!
April 20, 2014 at 6:09 pm
A Lutheran fav
April 20, 2014 at 6:56 pm
Which I didn’t know, Spaceman.
April 21, 2014 at 8:42 am
Yes, yes. That famous Lutheran, J.S. Bach used it in his “St. Matthew Passion” and in several other compositions. The original hymn tune was a secular song by Hans Hassler, but the Bach harmonization is found in the modern hymnals of all the various American Lutheran churches.
April 21, 2014 at 10:33 am
Thanks, Mark
I knew nothing about this hymn. It was in my files because I thought it beautiful.