Klarinet Archive - Posting 000625.txt from 1998/12

From: "Alexander Knox" <alexanderknox@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] bible and music
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:16:54 -0500

Oliver Messiaen---Quartet for the end of Time would be a good biblical
peice to write about if you are a clarinetist--for clar violin piano and
cello

Alex Knox

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>Subject: Re: [kl] bible and music
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>IMHO, your topic is too broad and that's why you're having trouble
>identifying material. Why not stick to one or two examples. You could
>easily write a whole paper about Verdi's Nabucco, the Biblical source
>(Book of Ezekial), and Verdi's use of the story to make a political
>point that is very different from the Biblical message. Saint Saens'
>use of the Samson and Delilah story might also make a good paper.
>
>James Rosen wrote:
>>
>> I am taking a Bible as Literature course. For an individual project,
I am
>> planning on analyzing the Bible's effect on music (from Verdi to
Lloyd
>> Weber). I have a good list of pieces (the names of any truly major
would
>> still be appreciated), but I am lacking in other people's analyses.
Are
>> there any books out there from which I could glean some material?
Even if
>> you can't quite think of the name or author, I would still appreciate
>> whatever information you could supply.
>> TIA
>> -James Rosen
>>
>>
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