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Parables : a symphonic oratorio / Robert Aldridge ; text by Herschel Garfein.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M2003.A43 P3 2011
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Format:
Musical score
Author/Creator:
Aldridge, Robert Livingston, 1954-
Contributor:
Garfein, Herschel, librettist.
Standardized Title:
Parables. Vocal score
Language:
Arabic
English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Hebrew
Latin
Subjects (All):
Bible.
Oratorios--Vocal scores with piano.
Oratorios.
Bible--Parables--Songs and music.
Parables.
Genre:
Songs and music.
Oratorios.
Arrangements (Music)
Vocal scores.
Songs.
Physical Description:
1 vocal score (xii, 126 pages) ; 27 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : C. F. Peters, [2011]
Language Note:
Sung primarily in English with some Arabic, Hebrew, Latin and Greek bits interpolated, with the Arabic, Hebrew and Greek transliterated. Words also printed as text (p. v-xi), with the Arabic, Hebrew and Greek in original script.
Summary:
An oratorio in seven parts showing the intertwining of various religious faiths. Commissioned by Douglas and Andrew Reeves for the Topeka Symphony Orchestra. Premiered in May, 2010.
Contents:
The God of others
Ibrahim and Ismail
Job
Finitum capax infinitum
The lilies
Division
What waits.
Notes:
Orchestral acc. reduced for piano.
Title also appears in Hebrew, Arabic and Greek.
Includes preface, notes on text, note on the vocal score, and biographical notes in English.
Duration: ca. 45:00.
Publisher's no.: 68292a (on p. [4] of cover: P68292a).
Pl. no.: 51096.
OCLC:
754086698
Publisher Number:
9790300757476
M300757476
68292a Edition Peters
P68292a C.F. Peters
51096 C.F. Peters

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