George Bennard
The Old Rugged Cross
arranged for 2 Sopranos (2-Part)
George Bennard
The Old Rugged Cross
arranged for 2 Sopranos (2-Part)
- Instrumentation Women's Choir (SS)
- Composer George Bennard
- Series Ashdown Vocal Duets
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Music Sales
- Order no. EA37109
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Description:
The strophic setting for The Old Rugged Cross has been given some variety in this arrangement, modulating midway from C to A flat and then back for the final verse. Evangelical song-leader George Bennard wrote The Old Rugged Cross in 1912 during a series of church meetings. It was popularized a few years later by the Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns and since then has been a church and country gospel favourite, having been recorded by artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Al Green.