#668 - Hjertelig mig nu laenges (Now I Wish With All My Heart—Norwegian)

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  • Composer:
  • Also known as:
  • Incipit: 36543237117763654323711776
  • Condensed Incipit: 3654323717636543237176
  • Lyrics:
    • (trans. unknown)
  • Lyrics:
  • Lyrics:
    • traditional
  • Lyricist:
    • Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), 1153 (Latin hymn)
  • Lyrics:
    • trans. James Waddel Alexander (1804-1859), 1830

Although first set to the secular words “Mein Gmüt ist mir ver­wir­ret, das macht ein Jung­frau zart”, the melody is better known as the hymn O Sacred Head, Now Wounded.

Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685-1750) created several harmonizations and arrangements based on this melody.

 
 
 

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