O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cramer, Benjamin O Sacred Head, Now Wounded--SATB Choir

Benjamin M. Cramer

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded for SATB Choir

Salve, caput cruentatum, Totum spinis coronatum, Conquassatum, vulneratum, Arundine sic verberatum Facie sputis illita, Dum me mori est necesse, Noli mihi tunc deesse; In tremenda mortis hora Veni, Iesu, absque mora, Tuere me et libera.

Cum me iubes emigrare, Iesu care, tunc appare; O amator amplectende, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden, Voll Schmerz und voller Hohn,

Temet ipsum tunc ostende In cruce salutifera.

O Haupt, zum Spott gebunden Mit einer Dornenkron; O Haupt, sonst schön gezieret Mit höchster Ehr' und Zier, Jetzt aber höchst schimpfieret: Gegrüßet sei'st du mir!

O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, now scornfully surrounded

Salve Mundi Salutare VII. Ad Faciem ~Arnulf of Leuven

with thorns, Thine only crown.

O sacred Head, what glory, what bliss till now was Thine!

Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine.

Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden,

Be near when I am dying,

So scheide nicht von mir;

O show Thy cross to me!

Wenn ich den Tod soll leiden,

And, for my succor flying,

So tritt du dann herfür;

come, Lord, to set me free.

Wenn mir am allerbängsten Wird um das Herze sein, So reiß mich aus den Ängsten

These eyes, new faith receiving, from Thee shall never move; for he who dies believing

Kraft deiner Angst und Pein!

dies safely in Thy love.

~Paul Gerhardt, translator

~James Waddel Alexander, translator

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Arnulf of Leuven (d.1250) tr. & ed. Paul Gerhard (d. 1676) tr. James Waddel Alexander (d.1859) freely

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voll Schmerz und vol - ler Hohn!

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arr. Benjamin M. Cramer

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HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN Hans Leo Hassler (1656)

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freely

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Copyright © 2018 Benj Cramer Publications (ASCAP)

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- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded, Cramer grieving q = c. 56

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    21

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Yet,

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22

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- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded, Cramer 23

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though

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29

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near when I

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mine.

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am

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I

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ry,

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accel.

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rit.

mine.

though

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mine.

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what

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to

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ry,

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accel.

joy to call Thee

Thine!

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-

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    

 

joy

I

was

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though

   

ry,

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(n)

I

-

de

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though

30

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glo

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and





what

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

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a tempo

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

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









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- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded, Cramer -

  

39

 

   

dy - ing, O show Thy cross to

 



Be

near

   



I am dy

   

-

ing,

Be







    

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39

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46

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 

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





dy

to me!

   

me!





 





 

  

me!

  

new

  







   

-

These

     



These eyes, new faith re - cei



 

 

 

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

   

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O

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 



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faith

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for

cei

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he who dies be - lie

ving,

 



 

-

cross

 

to

   45

  

he who dies be - lie - ving dies safe - ly

 

re

set me free.

   



faith

to

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

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These

cross

Thy



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ing, come Lord to

show

 



set me free.

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

    

6

-

    

for

Lord, to

show

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O

 









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ing,

ving, from Thee shall ne - ver move,

eyes,



  

ne - ver move,



eyes,

-

  

   

These



ing, come,

    

dy

   

eyes, new faith re - cei - ving, from Thee shall

 

-

ing,

 

 

am

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fly

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And, for my suc - cor fly

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 

-

  

 

I

suc - cor

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am

cross

when







O show Thy

 

 



 

for my



I

 

 



And,



when

near

  

me!

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





Thee

-

from

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



shall

   

ving dies safe - ly

 

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Thee



in Thy

   

shall

  

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

- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded, Cramer -

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 

love.

   





ne - ver

move,

   

in Thy love.



rubato

   

 

for

he

move,

for

 

rubato



who dies



he







      



ne - ver

    





 

be - lie

-

  

who dies





 



be - lie

-







ving



  ving

   

  

  

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

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



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 

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

Thy love.



in

 

 



 





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O

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



  

 

O

 



 



Haupt voll Blut und





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 

63



  

 

   

 





Haupt voll Blut und Wun - den, voll Schmerz und vol-ler Hohn.



a tempo

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







 



 









Haupt voll Blut und





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



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O













Thy love.

 

Wun - den, voll Schmerz und vol-ler Hohn.





dies safe - ly

 

 

in





           

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now

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78

    86 Waco, 2018