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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) No. 3.: O Blessed Jesu, how hast thou offended ( Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen ) - Bach's Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Passions and Oratorios
No. 3.: O Blessed Jesu, how hast thou offended ( Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen ) - Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach’s Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios [1915]Edition used:Bach’s Chorals. Part I: The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios, by Charles Sanford Terry (Cambridge University Press, 1915-1921). 3 vols. Vol. 1.
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- Prefatory Note
- Errata
- The St Matthew Passion (1728—1729)
- No. 1.: O Lamb of God Most Holy ( O Lamm Gottes Unschuldig ) 1
- No. 3.: O Blessed Jesu, How Hast Thou Offended ( Herzliebster Jesu, Was Hast Du Verbrochen )
- No. 16.: My Sin It Is Which Binds Thee ( Ich Bin’s, Ich Sollte Bussen )
- No. 21.: Receive Me, My Redeemer ( Erkenne Mich, Mein Huter )
- No. 23.: Here Would I Stand Beside Thee ( Ich Will Hier Bei Dir Stehen )
- No. 25.: My Saviour, Why Must All This Ill Befall Thee ? ( Was Ist Die Ursach’ Aller Solcher Plagen? )
- No. 31.: O Father, Let Thy Will Be Done ( Was Mein Gott Will )
- No. 35.: O Man, Thy Grievous Sin Bemoan ( O Mensch, Bewein’ Dein’ Sunde Gross )
- No. 38.: How Falsely Doth the World Accuse ! ( Mir Hat Die Welt Truglich Gericht’t )
- No. 46.: O Lord, Who Dares to Smite Thee ? ( Wer Hat Dich So Geschlagen )
- No. 49.: Lamb of God, I Fall Before Thee ( Bin Ich Gleich Von Dir Gewichen )
- No. 53.: Commit Thy Way to Jesus ( Befiehl Du Deine Wege )
- No. 55.: O Wondrous Love, That Suffers This Correction! ( Wie Wunderbarlich Ist Doch Diese Strafe! )
- No. 63.: O Sacred Head, Surrounded ( O Haupt Voll Blut )
- No. 72.: Be Near Me, Lord, When Dying ( Wenn Ich Einmal Soll Scheiden )
- The St John Passion (1723)
- No. 4 1 .: O Wondrous Love ( O Grosse Lieb ’) 2
- No. 5 1 .: Thy Will, O Lord, Be Done ( Dein Will’ Gescheh’ )
- No. 8 1 .: O Lord, Who Dares to Smite Thee ? ( Wer Hat Dich So Geschlagen )
- No. 11 2 .: Peter, Faithless, Thrice Denies ( Petrus, Der Nicht Denkt Zuruck )
- No. 12 1 .: See the Lord of Life and Light ( Christus, Der Uns Selig Macht )
- No. 15 1 .: O Mighty King ( Ach, Grosser Konig )
- No. 22 1 .: Thy Bonds, O Son of God Most High ( Durch Dein Gefangniss, Gottes Sohn )
- No. 28 1 .: Within Our Inmost Being ( In Meines Herzens Grunde )
- No. 30 1 .: While His Parting Spirit Sinks ( Er Nahm Alles Wohl In Acht )
- No. 32 1 .: Jesu, Thou Who Knewest Death ( Jesu, Der Du Warest Todt )
- No. 35 3 .: Help Us, Christ, Almighty Son ( O Hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn )
- No. 37 1 .: Lord Jesus, Thy Dear Angel Send ( Ach Herr, Lass Dein Lieb’ Engelein )
- The Christmas Oratorio (1734)
- No. 5.: How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee 1 ( Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen )
- No. 7.: For Us to Earth He Cometh Poor ( Er Ist Auf Erden Kommen Arm )
- No. 9.: Ah! Dearest Jesus, Holy Child ( Ach, Mein Herzliebes Jesulein! )
- No. 12.: Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light ( Brich An, O Schones Morgenlicht )
- No. 17.: Within Yon Gloomy Manger ( Schaut Hin! Dort Liegt )
- No. 23.: With All Thy Hosts ( Wir Singen Dir )
- No. 28.: The Lord Hath All These Wonders Wrought ( Dies Hat Er Alles Uns Gethan )
- No. 33.: Thee With Tender Care I’ll Cherish ( Ich Will Dich Mit Fleiss Bewahren )
- No. 35.: Rejoice, and Sing ( Seid Froh, Dieweil )
- Nos. 38 & 40.: Jesus, Thou That For Me Livest ( Jesu Du, Mein Liebstes Leben ) Jesu, Thou My Joy and Pleasure ( Jesu, Meine Freud’ Und Wonne )
- No. 42.: Jesus Who Didst Ever Guide Me ( Jesus Richte Mein Beginnen )
- No. 46.: All Darkness Flies ( Dein Glanz All’ Finsterniss Verzehrt )
- No. 53.: This Proud Heart Within Us Swelling ( Zwar Ist Solche Herzensstube )
- No. 59.: Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand ( Ich Steh’ an Deiner Krippen Hier )
- No. 64.: Now Vengeance Hath Been Taken ( Nun Seid Ihr Wohl Gerochen )
- The Ascension Oratorio (cantata 11, Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen ) ( Circ. 1736)
- No. 6.: Now At Thy Feet Creation Lies 1 ( Nun Lieget Alles Unter Dir )
- No. 11.: When Will the Night Be Over ? ( Wann Soll Es Doch Geschehen )
No. 3.
O Blessed Jesu, how hast thou offended (Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen)
 Melody: “Herzliebster Jesu” Johann Cruger 1640 The melody, “Herzliebster Jesu,” composed for Heermann’s Hymn by Johann Cruger, first appeared in his Newes vollkomliches Gesangbuch, Berlin, 1640. Cruger was born at Gross-Breesen, near Guben, in Brandenburg, in 1598. He became Cantor of St Nicolas’ Church, Berlin, in 1622, and died in that city in 1662. About 20 of his melodies are still in common use, the most familiar of them being “Nun danket alle Gott.”
Bach uses the melody elsewhere in the “St Matthew Passion” (Nos. 25, 55) and twice in the “St John Passion” (Nos. 4, 15).
The words of the Choral are the first stanza of the Passiontide Hymn, “Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen.” Its author, Johann Heermann, was born at Raudten, Silesia, in 1585. He became deacon of Koben on the Oder in 1611, retired in 1638, and died in 1647. The Hymn was first published in Heermann’s Devoti Musica Cordis. Hauss- und Hertz-Musica, Leipzig, 1630; and, with a melody by Johann Staden (1581-1634), in the latter’s Hertzens Andachten, 1631: - Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen,
- Dass man em solch hart Urtheil hat gesprochen?
- Was ist die Schuld, in was fur Missethaten
- Bist du gerathen?
B.G. iv. 23.
English translations of the Hymn are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, pp. 517, 1648.
Form Simple (Flutes, Oboes, Strings, Organ, and Continuo).
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