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Biblical Daughters and Queens Re-imagined in Music

Biblical Daughters and Queens Re-imagined in Music

Von Leneman, Helen

Herausgegeben von Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd

English 374 Seiten 2024 ISBN 9781914490590
Geschätzte Lesezeit: 6 Std. 51 Min.
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In Biblical Daughters and Queens Helen Leneman continues her sustained approach to biblical reception in music traversing several centuries. She offers a immersive reading of two types of biblical women-daughters and queens-in a wide range of musical representations spanning over 300 years (1648-1993). Music as Leneman highlights goes beyond words: music expresses how feelings sound. Leneman's unique analysis shares the ways in which these women's stories have been altered their emotions imagined and amplified. The stories of two daughters are explored: the tragedy of Jephthah's daughter (Judges 11); and the Apocryphal story of Susannah. The tragedy of Jephthah's daughter seems to have been of greater interest to early composers with most works whether oratorios or operas dating to pre-20th century. Susanna was a lesser-known story yet was treated both in two early oratorios and unusually in an operatic retelling of the story from the mid-20th century. Queens included are Sheba (1 Kings) Athalia (2 Kings) and Esther (Book of Esther). In general the Queen of Sheba has not been re-imagined with much nuance in musical works mostly depicted as a sexy siren (though not always). Esther is the most popular queen for musical retellings featured in no fewer than nine works in this volume. An interesting discovery was an eighteenth-century oratorio with a Hebrew libretto. Athalia is the least known of the three but Handel thought she was worth an oratorio (he is well represented throughout the book). In previous volumes Leneman has considered the biblical reception in music of Moses and Miriam in Exodus; David Saul and Bathsheba in the Book of Kings; Ruth and Naomi in the Book of Ruth; and Judith in the Book of Judith. Leneman also discussed the varied biblical characters in the Book of Genesis. In previous volumes Leneman has considered the biblical reception in music of Moses and Miriam in Exodus; David Saul and Bathsheba in the Book of Kings; Ruth and Naomi in the Book of Ruth; and Judith in the Book of Judith. Leneman also discussed the varied biblical characters in the Book of Genesis. This volume encourages an experiential approach to enable the reader and listener to hear and feel these women's stories as never before. Links to the musical works are provided throughout. Each setting is filled with both text and music that will inspire the listener to return to the original story with a new and different understanding.

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