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Sacrifice of Isaac : the reception of a Biblical story in music
- Title
- Sacrifice of Isaac : the reception of a Biblical story in music / Siobhán Dowling Long.
- Author
- Long, Siobhan.
- Publication
- Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xxix, 280 pages : illustrations, maps, music; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Bible in the modern world ; 54
- Uniform Title
- Bible in the modern world ; 54.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-269) and index.
- Discography: p. [270]-271.
- Contents
- The Biblical story -- The reception of Genesis 22 in Christian tradition -- The Mediaeval mystery plays: Abraham and Isaac -- The Akedah in Jewish tradition -- Isaac, a passive victim in seventeenth-century music: Giacomo Carissimi's Historia di Abraham et Isaac -- Isaac, a type of Christ in eighteenth-century music: Josef Myslivĕcek's Abramo ed Isacco -- Isaac, a tragic hero in twentieth-century music: Tales of heroism and murder in two compositions by Benjamin Britten -- The death of Isaac: a musical retelling by Judith Lang Zaimont.
- Call Number
- JME 13-908
- ISBN
- 1907534873
- 9781907534874
- OCLC
- 857539171
- Author
- Long, Siobhan.
- Title
- Sacrifice of Isaac : the reception of a Biblical story in music / Siobhán Dowling Long.
- Imprint
- Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Bible in the modern world ; 54Bible in the modern world ; 54.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-269) and index.Discography: p. [270]-271.
- Research Call Number
- JME 13-908