The Brockes Passion, or Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus, is a German oratorio libretto by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, first published in 1712 and going through 30 or so editio
Title page of the Brockes Passion (1712)
Engraved portrait of Brockes (1744) by Christian Fritsch (1704–1760)
Between 1716 and 1767, Georg Philipp Telemann wrote a series of Passions, musical compositions reflecting on Christ's Passion – the physical, spiritual and mental suffering of Jesus from the hours pri
Telemann's manuscript for his 1728 St. Luke's Passion from the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek in Berlin.