Herzlich tut mich verlangen

"Herzlich tut mich verlangen"
Lutheran hymn
CatalogueZahn 5385a
Written1611 (1611)
Textby Christoph Knoll
LanguageGerman
Melodyby Hans Leo Hassler

"Herzlich tut mich verlangen" (I do desire dearly) is a German hymn, with lyrics written in 1599 by Christoph Knoll, with a melody adapted from a secular song by Hans Leo Hassler. It is a prayer for a blessed death, beginning "Herzlich tut mich verlangen nach einem sel'gen End" (I do desire dearly a blessed end). Its hymn tune, Zahn No. 5385a, was later also used for Paul Gerhardt's "Befiehl du deine Wege" and "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden".

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