Brockes Passion

Title page of the Brockes Passion (1712)
Engraved portrait of Brockes (1744) by Christian Fritsch (1704–1760)

The Brockes Passion, or Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus (title in English: The Story of Jesus, Suffering and Dying for the Sins of the World),[1] is a German oratorio libretto by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, first published in 1712 and going through 30 or so editions in the next 15 years.

  1. ^ ""Brockes" – Classical Sheffield". Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-14.