Dudley Buck
Compositions for: Organ
6 Short Choral Preludes, Op.49Concert Variations on 'The Star-Spangled Banner', Op.23Festival Prelude18 Studies in Pedal Phrasing, Op.28Variations on 'Home, Sweet Home', Op.30Impromptu Pastorale, Op.27Wedding March, Op.44The Last Rose of Summer, Op.59Grand Sonata, Op.22The Coming of the King, IDB 114 Tone PicturesOrgan Sonata No.2, Op.77Variations on a Scotch Air, Op.51Triumphal March, Op.26At Evening, Op.523 Offertories, Op.918 Special Hymns in Anthem Form, Op.43Rondo-caprice, Op.35The Story of the CrossKing Olaf's ChristmasBugle SongChrist, the VictorChorus of Spirits and HoursOut of the DeepThe Triumph of DavidFear Not Ye, O Israel!6 Anthems, Op.546 Anthems, Op.534 Hymns, Op.65Variations on 'Old Folks at Home'The Nun of Nidaros, Op.83O How AmiableMorning Service, Op.25Morning Service, Op.89Evening Service, Op.47Morning Service, Op.45Morning Service, Op.63Easter Anthem, Op.46Christmas Anthem, Op.48Morning Service, Op.61Evening Service, Op.88A Midnight Service for New Year's EveEvening Service, Op.64Morning Service, Op.60Morning Service, Op.58Christ Our Passover, Op.29I Will Lift Up Mine EyesThe Coming of the King, IDB 10Evening Service, Op.82Thou wilt keep him in perfect peaceO God, the Protector, Op.50Illustrations in Choir Accompaniment
WikipediaDudley 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.
