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Buddha, a Christian Saint? Barlaam & Josaphat
- Title
- Buddha, a Christian Saint? Barlaam & Josaphat / Katarina Livljanić ; Dialogos.
- Publication
- Paris : Arcana : Outhere Music, [2019]
- ℗2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | Use in library | CD31830 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 audio disc (65 min., 41 sec.) : CD audio; 4 3/4 in.
- Alternative Title
- Barlaam & Josaphat
- Barlaam and Josaphat
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Chamber music.
- Songs.
- Songs and music.
- Note
- Title from disc label.
- In the Middle Ages, the story of saints Barlaam and Josaphat was a Christianized version of the life of Buddha. The ensemble Dialogos performs music from this tradition.
- "After ten years of research in a multitude of libraries worldwide, the ensemble Dialogos brings us the incredible story of saints Barlaam and Josaphat, a christianized version of Buddha's life, which crossed over at least four religions and was transmitted through almost all the medieval languages"--Container.
- Katarina Livljanić, musical reconstruction and scenario ; Norbert Rodenkirchen and Albrecht Maurer, instrumental reconstructions.
- Program and project notes in English and French; texts in Italian, Old French, Latin, Old Croatian, medieval Occitan, Old Slavonic-Russian, and Greek, with English and French translations ([52] pages : portrait) inserted in container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded 2016 December 3-6, Köln, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter.
- Language (note)
- Sung and spoken in Italian, Old French, Latin, Old Croatian, medieval Occitan, Old Slavonic-Russian, and Greek.
- LCCN
- 3760195734582
- OCLC
- on1104072606
- 1104072606
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries