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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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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 ; 54
Bible in the modern world ; 54.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-269) and index.
Discography: p. [270]-271.
Research Call Number
JME 13-908
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