List of Passion hymns
Passion hymns are hymns dedicated to the Passion of Jesus. They are often sung during Passiontide, namely for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Many of them were used as chorales in Passions, such as Bach's St John and St Matthew Passion.
List of Passion hymns[]
Hymn | Translation | Text | Tune | Language | Published | Notes |
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"Christe, du Lamm Gottes" | ||||||
"Christus, der uns selig macht" | Christ who makes us blessed | Michael Weiße | Bohemian Brethren | German | 1531 | |
"Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß" | When the Lord Christ sat at the table | Nikolaus Herman | in Görlitz | German | 1560 | |
"Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund" | When Jesus stood by the Cross | Genevan Psalter | German | 1537 | Sayings of Jesus on the cross | |
"Gloria, laus et honor" | "All Glory, Laud and Honour" | |||||
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe" | He on the Cross is my love | or Ahasverus Fritsch |
"Werde munter, mein Gemüte" | German | ||
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe" | He on the Cross is my love | "Freue dich, du meine Seele" | German | 1740 | ||
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe" | He on the Cross is my love | Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock | "Freue dich, du meine Seele" | German | 1758 | |
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe" | He on the Cross is my love | Lothar Zenetti | German | 1974 | ||
"Herzliebster Jesu" | Oh Dearest Jesus | Johann Heermann | Johann Crüger | German | 1630 | |
"O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded | Paul Gerhardt | Hans Leo Hassler | German | 1656 | |
"Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod" | Suffering, pain and death of Jesus | Paul Stockmann | Melchior Vulpius | German | 1633 | |
"Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier" | Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer | Zahn 6453 (1714) Harmonisation: BWV 472 (1736) |
German | 1661 | [1] | |
"It is finished! Christ hath known" | English | 1906 | The English Hymnal | |||
"O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig" | O Lamb of God, innocent | Nikolaus Decius | Nikolaus Decius | German | 1531 | based on Agnus Dei |
"Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld" | A Lambkin goes and bears the guilt | Paul Gerhardt | "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" | German | 1647 | |
"Lift High the Cross" | George Kitchin | "Crucifer" | English | 1887 | ||
"O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß" | O man, bewail thy sins so great | Sebald Heyden | German | 1530 | ||
"Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!" | ||||||
"O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben" | O world, see here your life | Nikolaus Decius | "Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen" | German | 1647 | |
"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" | Isaac Watts | "Rockingham" | English | 1707 |
References[]
- ^ (2005). Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorals. Guides musicologiques (in French). 6. Beauchesne. pp. 145–146. ISBN 270101493X. ISSN 0246-3865.
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