Complex sentence: The second Root-Crosby cantata was "Daniel, or the Captivity and Restoration", based on the Old Testament story of Daniel, that was composed in 1853 for Root's choir at the Mercer Street Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.
Split into simpler sentences: The second Root-Crosby cantata was "Daniel, or the Captivity and Restoration", based on the Old Testament story of Daniel. It was composed in 1853 for Root's choir at the Mercer Street Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.