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22A. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Text Information
First Line: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Title: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Author (refrain): Bernard of Clairvaux
Translator (German): Paul Gerhardt
Refrain First Line: O sacred head, now wounded
Language: English
Publication Date: 2021
Scripture:
Topic: Abandonment; Assurance; Cross (19 more...)
Source: Tr. (English): The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941
Copyright: Psalm text © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.
Notes: Responsive refrain to reading or chanting of Psalm 22, tone included
Tune Information
Name: HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
Composer (refrain): Hans Leo Hassler
Arranger (alt. refrain): Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer (tone): Paul G. Bunjes
Key: a minor
Copyright: Tone © 1982 Concordia Publishing House



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