GEORGE FREDERICK ROOT (1820-1895)
CHORAL WORKS:
Cantatas:
The Flower Queen, or the Coronation of the Rose (Fanny Crosby) (no opus #, 1852) (F. J. Crosby), 4 s, 3 mez, 4 A, 1Bar/Mez, female chorus, piano.
Score: Boston: O. Diston, 1880, 1908
Recording: None known (individual songs cited in WorldCat)
Daniel, or the Captivity and Restoration (1853) (C. MN. Cady, Crosby). S, Mez, 2 T, 2 Bar, 1 t/B, B, 4vv, pf
Score: Cincinnati: Church, 1882; Boston: Ditson, 1881
Recording: None known
The Pilgrim Fathers (1854) (Crosby), S, MN, 2T, 2Bar, 1 t/b, B, 4v, piano
Score: New York: The Mason Brothers, 1854. IMSLP
Recording: None known
The Haymakers (1857) (Root), 2X, Me, T, 2 Bar, B, 4vv, pf.
Score: Madison, Wisc: A-R Editions, 1984
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Recording: New World Records, 80234-2; 1998; streaming audio, Database of Recorded American Music ((New World), 2007
N.B. Parts of this are on Youtube.
North Texas State University Chorus, Frank McKinley, conductor
David, the Shepherd Boy ( 1882) (H. Butterworth). 2S, 2A, T Bar, T/Var, 3 B, 4 vv. Children’s chorus, piano
Score: Cincinnati: Church, 1882.
Recording: None known