Joseph Haydn's Die Sieben Letze Worte Unseres Erl&ouml,sers Am Kreuze.

The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross' Op.51

In 1785 or '86, Haydn received a commission from the Canon ofCadiz for what would serve essentially as 'incidental' music for a Good Friday service (akin to the one centering upon The Stations of the Cross, although there are twelve of those) in which the celebrant recites in turn each ofChrist's utterances on the way to Calvary,