Research Catalog

Title

On the bridge of words : for narrator, clarinet, piano, and chamber orchestra : 2008 / Jonathan Keren.

Author

Keren, Jonathan

Publication

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2008]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972
• Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934
• Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292
• Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970
• Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924
• Naḥman, of Bratslav, 1772-1811
• Library of Congress. Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation, commissioning body.

Description

1 score (various pagings); 43 cm

Uniform Title

On the bridge of words

Alternative Title

On the bridge of words

Subject

• Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972 > Musical settings
• Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934 > Musical settings
• Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292 > Musical settings
• Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970 > Musical settings
• Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 > Musical settings
• Naḥman, of Bratslav, 1772-1811 > Musical settings
• Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble) > Scores

Genre/Form

• Monologues (Music)
• Musical settings.
• Scores.

Note

• Reproduced from computer printout.
• "Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, and dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky."

Language (note)

• English words, also printed separately as text.

Contents

Rising thoughts / text: from The vocation of the cantor by A.J. Heschel -- On the bridge of words / text: from H.N. Bialik's The explicit and the allusive in language ; translated from Hebrew by Avraham Holtz -- Holes and cavities / text: from Rabbi Avraham Abulafia's Mafteh harayon ; translated from Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman -- The orchestra / text from S.Y. Agnon's The orchestra ; translated from Hebrew by Walter Lever -- The silence of the sirens / text: from The silence of the sirens by Franz Kafka ; translated from German by Willa and Edwin Muir -- There is a land... / text: The humble king by Rabbi Nachman from Breslow ; translated from Yiddish by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan -- (Rep)Rising thoughts / text taken from Rabbi Nachman, Kafka, S.Y. Agnon, Rabbi Avraham Abulafia, H.N. Bialik, A.J. Heschel.

Call Number

JMH 22-48

LCCN

2009535018

OCLC

309023777

Author

Keren, Jonathan, composer.

Title

On the bridge of words : for narrator, clarinet, piano, and chamber orchestra : 2008 / Jonathan Keren.

Publisher

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2008]

Edition

Score in C.

Type of Content

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

English words, also printed separately as text.

Added Author

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972, author.

Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934, author.

Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel, 1240-approximately 1292, author.

Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970, author.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924, author.

Naḥman, of Bratslav, 1772-1811, author.

Library of Congress. Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation, commissioning body.

Research Call Number

JMH 22-48