The tune is based on a melody line from a chorale from Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion, itself a reworking of an earlier secular song, "Mein G'müt ist mir verwirret," composed by Hans Leo Hassler.
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He is also notable as the father of the musicians Jakob Hassler, Hans Leo Hassler and Kasper Hassler.