List of Passion hymns
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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
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! Hymn ! Translation ! Text ! Tune ! Language ! Published ! Notes |
"Christe, du Lamm Gottes"
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"Christus, der uns selig macht"
| Christ who makes us blessed | {{sortname|Michael|Weiße}} | German | 1531 | |
"Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß"
| When the Lord Christ sat at the table | {{sortname|Nikolaus|Herman}} | in Görlitz | German | 1560 | |
"Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund"
| When Jesus stood by the Cross | {{sortname|Johann|Böschenstein}} | German | 1537 |
"Gloria, laus et honor"
| "All Glory, Laud and Honour" | | | | | |
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe"
| He on the Cross is my love | {{sortname|Johann|Mentzer}} or | German | | |
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe"
| He on the Cross is my love | {{sortname|J. E.|Greding}} | "Freue dich, du meine Seele" | German | 1740 | |
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe"
| He on the Cross is my love | {{sortname|Friedrich Gottlieb|Klopstock}} | "Freue dich, du meine Seele" | German | 1758 | |
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe"
| He on the Cross is my love | {{sortname|Lothar|Zenetti}} | | German | 1974 | |
"Herzliebster Jesu"
| Oh Dearest Jesus | {{sortname|Johann|Heermann}} | {{sortname|Johann|Crüger}} | German | 1630 | |
"O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"
| O Sacred Head, Now Wounded | {{sortname|Paul|Gerhardt}} | {{sortname|Hans Leo|Hassler}} | German | 1656 | |
"Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod"
| Suffering, pain and death of Jesus | {{sortname|Paul|Stockmann}} | {{sortname|Melchior|Vulpius}} | German | 1633 |
"Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier"
| | {{sortname|Gottfried Wilhelm|Sacer}} | rowspan="2" | Zahn 6453 (1714) | German | 1661 |last1 = Lyon |first1 = James |author-link1 = James Lyon (musicologist) |date = 2005 |title = Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorals |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7IQ4gXZkEpIC |series = Guides musicologiques |language = fr |volume = 6 |publisher = Beauchesne |isbn = 270101493X |issn = 0246-3865 |pages = [https://books.google.com/books?id=7IQ4gXZkEpIC&pg=PA145 145]–[https://books.google.com/books?id=7IQ4gXZkEpIC&pg=PA146 146] }} |
"It is finished! Christ hath known"
| | {{sortname|Gabriel|Gillett}} | English | 1906 | The English Hymnal [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_English_hymnal_(1906).djvu&page=192 No. 118 (p. 162)] |
"O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig"
| O Lamb of God, innocent | {{sortname|Nikolaus|Decius}} | {{sortname|Nikolaus|Decius}} | German | 1531 | based on Agnus Dei |
"Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld"
| A Lambkin goes and bears the guilt | {{sortname|Paul|Gerhardt}} | German | 1647 |
"Lift High the Cross"
| | {{sortname|George|Kitchin}} | "Crucifer" | English | 1887 | |
"O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß"
| O man, bewail thy sins so great | {{sortname|Sebald|Heyden}} | | German | 1530 | |
"Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!"
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"O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben"
| O world, see here your life | {{sortname|Nikolaus|Decius}} | "Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen" | German | 1647 | |
"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"
| | {{sortname|Isaac|Watts}} | "Rockingham" | English | 1707 | |