The Story of the Cross (Buck, Dudley)

		Movements/Sections 14 Composition Year 1892 Genre Categories Sacred cantatas; Cantatas; Religious works; For voices, mixed chorus, organ; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the organ; For voices and chorus with keyboard; English language

Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (2)

Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
*#258814 - 3.51MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 101x⇩

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Schissel (2012/11/16)

 Color Covers
*#258815 - 1.44MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 13x⇩

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Schissel (2012/11/16)

Publisher Info.:

G. Schirmer’s Collection of Oratorios and Cantatas
New York: G. Schirmer, 1896. Plate 10123.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	The Story of the Cross
Alternative Title	Cantata for Lenten Use

Composer	Buck, Dudley
Movements/Sections	14
Year/Date of Composition	1892
First Performance	1896-03-29 (Palm Sunday) in Taunton, Massachusetts, St. Thomas Church Walter J. Clemson, conducting.
First Publication	1896 – New York City: G. Schirmer
Librettist	Bible, Claude de Santeüil (opening stanza), Jacopone da Todi poss.
Language	English
Dedication	Geo. Foster Peabody Esq., New York City
Average Duration	45–50 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices, chorus, organ

Misc. Comments

Premiere (or early performance at least) - see The Organist and Choirmaster, Volume 4, May 15 1896, page 5.

Date 1892 according to N. Lee Orr, Dudley Buck (2008).