Drama Christi (Benoit, Peter)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 parts
Composition Year	1871
Genre Categories	Sacred cantatas; Cantatas; Religious works; For 8 voices, male chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring the bass-baritone voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Dutch language
Related Works	Plechtige optocht (same instrumentation/premiered at same concert)

Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete Score
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Engraver	Brussels: J. De Vleeschouwer.
Language	Dutch (Flemish?)
Publisher. Info.	Peter Benoit Orkestpartituren, XX Drama Christi Antwerp: Peter Benoit-Fonds, n.d. Plate 6144.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: ca.300dpi, color jpg files approx. 3060 by 4490 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Vocal Scores

Incomplete Score
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Engraver	Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Language	Dutch (Flemish?)
Publisher. Info.	Antwerp: Peter Benoit-Fonds, n.d. Plate 11.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: ca.300dpi, color jpg files approx. 3500 by 2450 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Page 3 is missing.
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Free Recordings

Performance conducted by Frans Dubois

Recorded at Our Lady Church in Sint-Truiden in 1984.

Soloists: Paul Schotsmans (tenor, first narrator), Frans Van Eetvelt (baritone, Jesus), Dirk Van Croonenborch (bass, second narrator, John, Governor, Devil, Judas, High Priest)

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General Information

Work Title	Drama Christi
Alternative. Title
Composer	Benoit, Peter
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IPB 17
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 parts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1871
First Performance.	1871-11-27 — Antwerp, Sint-Joriskerk (St. George Church): Peter Benoit (conductor)
Librettist	the composer after the Bible
Language	Dutch (Flemish?)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: tenor, baritone, 3 basses, 3 bass baritone + male chorus (TTBB) Orchestra: 2 trumpets (C/D), 3 trombones + organ + strings (cellos and basses only)
Related Works	Plechtige optocht (same instrumentation/premiered at same concert)
External Links	Peter Benoit - Oeuvrecatalogus

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Composed for the inauguration of the murals depicting the life and death of Jesus by Godfried Guffens and Jan Swerts at the Sint-Joriskerk (St. George Church), Antwerp. This was the same concert at which the Plechtige optocht was performed.