Dudley Buck
Compositions for: Mixed chorus
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4 Hymns, Op.656 Anthems, Op.536 Anthems, Op.548 Special Hymns in Anthem Form, Op.43A
A Midnight Service for New Year's EveC
Christ Our Passover, Op.29Christ, the VictorChristmas Anthem, Op.48E
Easter Anthem, Op.46Evening Service, Op.47Evening Service, Op.64Evening Service, Op.82Evening Service, Op.88F
Festival HymnH
Hymn to MusicM
Morning Service, Op.25Morning Service, Op.45Morning Service, Op.58Morning Service, Op.60Morning Service, Op.61Morning Service, Op.63Morning Service, Op.89O
O How AmiableOut of the DeepP
Psalm 46, Op.57S
Scenes from Longfellow's 'Golden Legend'T
The Centennial Meditation of ColumbiaThe Coming of the King, IDB 10The Coming of the King, IDB 11The Legend of Don Munio, Op.62The Light of AsiaThe Story of the CrossThe Triumph of DavidThou wilt keep him in perfect peaceWikipediaDudley Buck (March 10, 1839 – October 6, 1909) was an American composer, organist, and writer on music. He published several books, most notably the Dictionary of Musical Terms and Influence of the Organ in History, which was published in New York City in 1882.
He is best known today for his organ composition, Concert Variations on the Star-Spangled Banner, Op. 23, which was later arranged into an orchestral version.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Buck was the son of a merchant who gave him every opportunity to cultivate his musical talents. After attending Trinity College, for four years (1858–1862) he studied in Leipzig at the Leipzig Conservatory where he was a pupil of
Louis Plaidy. He then pursued further studies in Dresden and Paris. On returning to America he held positions of organist in Hartford, Chicago (1869), and Boston (1871).
In 1875 Buck went to New York City to assist Theodore Thomas as conductor of orchestral concerts, and from 1877 to 1902 was organist at Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn. By this time he had become well known as a composer. His compositions included church music, a number of cantatas (Columbus (1876), Golden Legend (1880), The Light of Asia (1886), etc.), an unperformed grand opera Serâpis, a comic opera Deseret (1880, survives only in fragments), a symphonic overture Marmion, a symphony in E flat, and other orchestral and vocal works.