The Crucifixion
- 1.Accompaniment0:46
- 2.Accompaniment + Melody0:46
“The Crucifixion” is a work composed by Samuel Barber from his song cycle, ‘Hermit Songs’.
‘Hermit Songs’ is a cycle of ten songs for voice and piano by Samuel Barber. ‘The Crucifixion‘ is No. 5 from this set. Written in 1953 on a grant from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, it takes as its basis a collection of anonymous poems written by Irish monks and scholars from the 8th to the 13th centuries, in translations by W. H. Auden, Chester Kallman, Howard Mumford Jones, Kenneth H. Jackson and Seán Ó Faoláin. The Hermit Songs received their premiere in 1953 at the Library of Congress, with soprano Leontyne Price and Barber himself as pianist.
Purchase includes:
- Accompaniment
- Accompaniment + Melody
You can purchase the sheet music here.
€3,50
Product Description
“The Crucifixion” is a work composed by Samuel Barber from his song cycle, ‘Hermit Songs’.
‘Hermit Songs’ is a cycle of ten songs for voice and piano by Samuel Barber. ‘The Crucifixion‘ is No. 5 from this set. Written in 1953 on a grant from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, it takes as its basis a collection of anonymous poems written by Irish monks and scholars from the 8th to the 13th centuries, in translations by W. H. Auden, Chester Kallman, Howard Mumford Jones, Kenneth H. Jackson and Seán Ó Faoláin. The Hermit Songs received their premiere in 1953 at the Library of Congress, with soprano Leontyne Price and Barber himself as pianist.
Purchase includes:
- Accompaniment
- Accompaniment + Melody
You can purchase the sheet music here.
