O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden

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"O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" is a famous German Passion chorale, best known from its multiple settings by J.S. Bach, reflecting on the suffering and death of Christ.

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O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian hymn
Passion chorale
chorale
associatedComposer Johann Sebastian Bach
basedOn Latin Passion hymn cycle often attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux
Salve caput cruentatum
culturalSignificance one of the best-known German Passion chorales
genre hymnody
sacred music
historicalPeriod Baroque era
language German
liturgicalUse Good Friday
Holy Week
Passion services
notableSettingBy Johann Sebastian Bach
originalTextMeter German hymn meter
performanceContext church services
concert performances of Bach’s Passions
religiousTradition Christianity
subject the wounded head of Christ crowned with thorns
textAuthor Paul Gerhardt
textForm strophic hymn
textLanguage German
theme Passion of Christ
death of Christ
Paschal mystery
surface form: suffering of Christ
topic contemplation of the crucified Christ
meditation on Christ’s suffering
usedInWork complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach
surface form: Bach cantatas

St John Passion
St Matthew Passion

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St Matthew Passion notableChorale O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Paul Gerhardt notableWork O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden