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)
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
