The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89549 Message #1690102
Posted By: Joe Offer
10-Mar-06 - 12:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins: O Haupt mit Blut und Wunden
Subject: RE: original of O Haupt mit Blut und Wunden
In English, the song is known as "O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded" or "O Sacred Head, Surrounded." My St. Gregory Hymnal says the lyrics were by St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), and melody by H.L. Hassler (1600). The hymnal uses Bach's adaptation of the tune. Presumably, it was written first in Latin, but I haven't heard anything by German and English versions attached to this tune. Tom Glazer used this tune for "Because All Men Are Brothers," recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary on the See What Tomorrow Brings album. -Joe-