O sacred Head, now wounded

( Be Thou my consolation )

Arr.: Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759) [ Germany ; England ]

Mel.: Hassler, Hans Leo (1564-1612) [ Germany ] (1601)

Text by Bernard de Clairvaux (1090-1153) [France]
Gerhardt, Paul (1607-1676) [Germany]
Edition
Published by Concordia [USA] , 1965 ; in Second morning star choir book (80 p.)
Ref. : 97-4702  (5 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution: Thomas, Paul
Type of material: Full score
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 18th century
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Anthem ; Chorale ; Hymn (sacred)
Type of Choir: unspecified voicing  (1 men OR unison OR boy choir OR girls choir OR unspecified OR women voices )
Instrumentation: Keyboard  (1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments: Organ (1) or Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 1
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): A
Tonality: E flat major
Duration: 1.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Lent ; Holy Week ; Palm Sunday ; Good Friday
Number of verses: 2
Musicological Sources: Setting from Handel's cantata Ach, Herr, mich armen Sünder. ; Tune by Hassler: Herzlich tut mich
Data about the life of the work: Collection subtitle: A collection of unison and two-part music for treble or male voices
 

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Consultable under : Perf. Coll. # W64 ; Main library: M2061 .M67 C6 1965   (54 in Perf. Coll. copies) ;   (1 in main library copies)