Klarinet Archive - Posting 000652.txt from 1998/12

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bible and music - changed question
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:17:16 -0500

If you're writing about Bach, do put in that he wrote a Catholic mass.
ROger Shilcock

On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, James Rosen wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:20:19 -0500
> From: James Rosen <mgervick@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: Klarinet Postings <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Bible and music - changed question
>
> <How could you ignore the Messiah (Handel) this time of year?
> Gary>
>
> The class is only on the Hebrew Bible, so I thought that this would be an
> inappropriate topic.
> Now, however, I have expanded, and will include both sections of the
> Bible. A friend of mine is working specifically on Oratorii, so I have to
> keep their use to a minimum.
> The question I hope to answer is: How does the society in which a
> composer is writing effect his use of the Bible in text. I plan to compare
> (among others) Mozart's Catholic writing (requiem in d), Bach's Lutheran
> writing (hundreds of cantatas - are there any major works by Bach?) and
> Lloyd Weber's secular writing (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
> Dreamcoat). If there are any other major Christian religions to which
> "big-name" composers subscribe(d), I would like that information, if
> possible.
> For those with any other thoughts (thank you Gary and Craig), I need
> more of other peoples' analyses than the names of possible pieces. With all
> the pieces yet written, I could easily write a thousand pages. I must,
> alas, keep it down to fifteen, and a ten minute presentation.
>
> Thanks again,
> James
>
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